Outraged restaurant people: House parties spreading Covid! Why shut us down?
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 11, 2020
Jose Hernandez, Chef Nick Dibartolomeo, Victoria Gugliemetti, Shannon Molokie and Nick Maynard. Harvest Cafe, New Dorp Beach. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)Pamela Silvestri
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Nonetheless, the governor’s news was deeply unsettling.
Harvest Cafe’s manager Shannon Molokie was among those disheartened to hear the announcement. Under normal circumstances the New Dorp Beach restaurant is staffed by special needs Staten Islanders who train to work among customers in a professional setting for future employment.
Molokie said, “The shutdowns are affecting us severely. We’ve been training on Zoom. The trainees are devastated. They even cry sometimes on the Zoom meetings. It’s so sad. We miss them so much — it’s like a shell here without them.”