Onondaga County launches gift card program that offers restaurants a ‘$1 million shot in the arm’
Updated Apr 20, 2021;
Posted Apr 20, 2021
The team at Santangelo s Restaurant in Liverpool, which is participating in Onondaga County s Keeping It Local gift card program. From left, Cindy Adamczyk, Sally Santangelo, Maria Santangelo-DeSalis and Guilio Santangelo.Don Cazentre
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Update: All of the available vouchers in the Keep It Local program sold out in a few hours today. County Executive Ryan McMahon posted this around 3:30 p.m. on Twitter: ‘New Flash!!!!! Our $500k Gift card program is officially closed out. Amazing this happened in hours. Those with Vouchers now have until May 10th to redeem them at the Restaurants. It is highly likely We Will look at another round as we track to make sure the vouchers get redeemed. Stay Tuned.’
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Upstate NY restaurants can soon seat up to 75% capacity, but will that help them?
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
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The latest easing up on restrictions for bars and restaurants in Upstate New York will allow them to seat up to 75% of their normal capacity, an increase from the current limit of 50%. It could start as soon as March 19.
But will that really change anything? With so many other restrictions still in place, perhaps not.
“It doesn’t mean that much if you still have to have that six feet of separation,” said Bud Loura, a local dining industry consultant, referring to table spacing that is part of the current Covid-19 social distancing requirement. “You can only fit so many tables and so many people in that case. Many places can’t get close to 50% much less 75% as it is.”
Chilly Chili Cookoff: 10 Syracuse chefs square off to raise money for local restaurants
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
Jason Thomas from Papa Gallo serves his chili at the chili cookoff at Heritage Hill in Pompey.Charlie Miller | cmiller@syracuse.com
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Pompey, N.Y. Chefs from 10 local restaurants competed in a chili cookoff Saturday afternoon to raise money for restaurants that were forced to close last fall because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The sold-out Chillin In ‘Cuse Together raised $14,400 in ticket sales that will benefit restaurants that were in a designated Orange Zone.
No two chilis were alike, but they were all creative. One pot was loaded with grass-fed ground beef, another highlighted braised pork. Some had beans, some didn’t. Some were spicy, some were sweet.