BARUCH COLLEGE— The morning shift at Little Myanmar, a small East Village eatery on The New York Times’ 100 best restaurants list for 2025, sees a single staff member handling the role of server, waiter and chef.
As a strategy, having one employee work the morning shift is unusual for the restaurant, but in this harrowing time with the Trump administration’s tariffs on international imports driving up costs for small businesses, Little Myanmar workers find ways to save on expenses and keep its doors open.
