{"id":1319171,"date":"2020-03-30T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=995060"},"modified":"2020-03-30T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:49:53","slug":"mings-cafe-offers-hot-soup-and-rice-to-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/mings-cafe-offers-hot-soup-and-rice-to-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Ming\u2019s Cafe offers hot soup and rice to those in need"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ming’s Bistro owner Michael Zhang in the original Carbondale restaurant located in the Sopris Plaza.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Instead of rushing to close up shop after a long shift, the cooks at Ming\u2019s Caf\u00e9 prepare hot soup and rice for the homeless.<\/p>\n

Ming\u2019s Caf\u00e9 owner Michael Zhang said a few people have shown up for a hot meal since they started the service last week. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still kind of cold outside,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cThere is hot and sour soup, egg drop soup and miso soup and then we\u2019ll give that away with rice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhang, who owns both of Ming\u2019s locations in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, said he had to cut his own staff\u2019s hours as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Restaurants across the state have been forced to stop dine-in service and instead rely entirely on takeout and delivery sales. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, this is a really tough moment for the entire restaurant industry,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cIt\u2019s really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Originally from China, Zhang has called the Roaring Fork Valley home for as long as he can remember. Since opening Ming\u2019s second location in downtown Glenwood Springs last year, Zhang feels like part of a larger family too. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt this hard moment, I feel like people in the Roaring Fork Valley are really warm-hearted,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cThe restaurant owners in downtown, instead of being competitors, we\u2019re more like friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the difficult decisions the small business owner has had to make recently made him think about the local homeless population and how the pandemic was affecting them. <\/p>\n

While hot soup and rice may not seem like much, it means a lot to the handful of individuals who wait for it each night outside the eatery. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe will count how many people need soup and rice and then we will prepare that,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cWe\u2019ll make fresh soup for them.\u201d  <\/p>\n

Adhering to social distancing, Zhang provides hot soup and rice to the homeless after 9:30 p.m. at both of Ming\u2019s locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere might be some people out there that are hurting even more,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cI just wanted to do something for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ming’s Bistro owner Michael Zhang in the original Carbondale restaurant located in the Sopris Plaza.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Instead of rushing to close up shop after a long shift, the cooks at Ming\u2019s Caf\u00e9 prepare hot soup and rice for the homeless. Ming\u2019s Caf\u00e9 owner Michael Zhang said a few people have shown up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-04 04:29:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}