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Ponte Vedra business owners hope for a financial turnaround after last year s cancellation of The PLAYERS
The managing partner of the Aqua Grill had to furlough 40 employees last year, but was able to reopen in the summer. Author: Robert Bradfield Updated: 11:26 PM EST March 11, 2021
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. When the PGA Tour announced the cancellation of The PLAYERS Championship after last year’s first-round, Cary Paige remembers it with great detail.
“I found out at 4:23 that Thursday. I was standing in the lounge with a guest when the news came,” Paige recalled.
He’s the managing partner of Ponte Vedra Beach’s Aqua Grill and is hoping to turn a page this year. He says business slowed by mid-March forcing him to furlough 40 employees until early June.
I never realized before the onset of the pandemic how much I have lived my life through restaurants, until so many beloved establishments were gone. I live in in a one-bedroom apartment and do not have a second home somewhere. The restaurants have been my second home and where I celebrated birthday and holidays with friends. Among all the loss and sadness this year is the disappearance of so many places that have been part of my life for the decades I have lived in New York City. The following is my homage to just a few of the restaurants that were shuttered in 2020.