How a Colorado restaurateur leaped into action when tariffs hit food prices

As the U.S market plunged into volatility following President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement on “Liberation Day,” Colorado restaurant owner Steve Hammer panic-ordered 200 pounds of ahi tuna

As the U.S market plunged into volatility following President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement on “Liberation Day,” Colorado restaurant owner Steve Hammer panic-ordered 200 pounds of ahi tuna.

Mauka Poke, one of his two restaurants in Eagle, Colorado, near the popular resort towns of Beaver Creek and Vail, exclusively serves poke. The other, Twisted Root, offers fish as an alternative to pizza and burgers.

“On ‘Liberation Day,’ I probably got 10,000 grey hairs,” Hammer said. “I completely panicked. My kitchen manager wasn’t particularly happy with me for jamming up the freezer.”