CINCINNATI, Ohio— It’s a difficult time for many to make ends meet, especially those in the service industry. Restaurants across the state have had to become very creative in how to keep their employees afloat during this difficult time. One of those restaurants is Cooper’s Hawk. They’re making sure each of their employees has a warm meal each night.

• Cooper's Hawk is giving every employee a free meal for them and their family members
• The restaurant hands out two different meals every other day to it's team members
• The restaurant hopes to continue to feed it's employees until they open back up completely

When restaurants in Ohio were ordered to shut down dining rooms, thousands of people lost their main source of income. 

“It’s been a really hard adjustment," Victoria Peters a server for Cooper's Hawk said. "Again, just having to get out of that routine that we’re comfortable with and also just dealing with the unknown.”

But for Cooper’s Hawk employees, they didn’t have to worry much- they were given a one time bonus and given a warm dinner for every one of their family members. General Manager Mark Saadamlah said it was a decision all Cooper’s Hawk restaurants made together.

“We are going to be cooking meals for our team members," Cooper's Hawk Kenwood general manager Mark Saadamlah said. "Keep everybody, all hands on deck and let’s get food to their homes.”

Peters was so impressed with her employer that she decided to make a post on Facebook about it.

“I know they don’t have to do this for us and that they truly care about us and just really want to support us in any way that they can," she said. "So I was just trying to shine a light on that for the community to see.”

That post has over six thousand shares. She says she just wanted her company recognized for the good they are doing.

And here’s how they’re doing it- all managers come together to make meals every other day. They pack them up and even provide kids meals. And then each employee walks away with two different meals for each family member

“Dinner’s covered by my employer," Peters said. "So that definitely takes the stress off of it.”

For Saadamlah- he understood that serving his employees came above even serving his customers.

“It’s family first," Saadamlah said. "Employees are family. We see each other more that we see our families. So, just keep it the same way it is, take care of them. Give them as much as you can. They’ve given us a lot of hard work and commitment and we need to commit to them as well.”

Saadamlah says he plans to continue to give these meals out to his employees until they reopen again.