IT’S A SLOW BUT STEADY BUILD RIGHT NOW OF NEW RESTAURANTS OPENING. BUT CAROL WIGHT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, SAYS WE’RE GETTING SOME DEGREE ON NEW BUSINESS. THE PROBLEM IS THE STATE’S POPULATION NEEDS TO GROW TO SUPPORT THOSE RESTAURANTS. SHE SAYS MANY OF THE NEW OPENINGS ARE HANGING ON LONGER … THOUGH THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS IS NOT EASY.
WIGHT SAYS THE JOB MARKET IN NEW MEXICO IS IMPROVING AND PEOPLE ARE FEELING BETTER ABOUT THEIR INCOME … PART OF WHICH THEY’RE SPENDING MORE AND MORE GOING OUT TO RESTAURANTS.
