Chili’s at Yokosuka closes temporarily

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Chili’s at Yokosuka closes temporarily
By Allison Batdorff, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, December 19, 2007

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Six days after its official ribbon-cutting, the Chili’s at Yokosuka temporarily closed due to customer-service issues.

The restaurant and bar closed Sunday and will reopen Jan. 3.

Chili’s management company Hasmore Ltd. — a commercial restaurant group under contract with Morale, Welfare and Recreation — will use the two weeks to train and hire more staff rather than keep customers waiting for food and service, said Stanley Ko, a representative for the president of the company.

The restaurant was hit with crowds of about 1,000 people per day since its Dec. 10 opening, straining the new workforce and causing issues with hiring and keeping staff, Ko said Monday.

Management is now looking to hire “as many people as we can,” Ko said.


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