Restaurants react to Cuomo’s potential reopening announcement | Pamela’s Food Service Diary
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
Now-closed Trattoria Romana in Dongan Hills showed its capacities for its two rooms in the pandemic versus those in normal times. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)Staten Island Advance
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“Certainly a step forward.what took so long?” said Jim Stayoch of a temporarily closed Adobe Blues. He refuses to reopen his iconic, New Brighton saloon until the capacity restrictions allow him to reasonably operate. In September with the 25% allowance, business was tough.
Dominick Griff Griffo of Griff s Place and, right, Jim Stayoch of Adobe Blues in New Brighton. Both restaurants are closed, Griff s because of his license being suspended and Adobe because it s just not worth it to be open. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
Best restaurants 2020: 16 innovators in the food business during the pandemic
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Who helped contribute to great things in the Staten Island food world in the pandemic? (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)(Staten Island Advance/Pamela Si
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. To stay on the positive and finish the year on a “hoorah” note, we celebrate chefs and owners who pivoted during the pandemic with continued optimism and constant innovation.
One can see the fiber of a person, especially kitchen people, when faced with adversity. In some, difficult times bring out the best a mind can muster. Indeed, the darkest days of the pandemic, arguably, might have been between March 16 (when indoor dining became illegal) and about May 1. That latter date is when the business carnage became even more pronounced with the realization of how customers’ seasonal and daily routines had so dramatically changed.
Step back in time with some of the borough’s most popular vintage restaurants | Time Capsule: Staten Island
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 13, 2020
1992: Miss Staten Island. At the Historic Old Bermuda Inn in Rossville are from left, Vinnie Picciotto of the former Windjammer Restaurant on Mansion Avenue, Great Kills; Elizabeth Solazzo, executive director; contestants Maria Somma and Christina Klein, and Joseph Labita, president of the Board of Directors (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)
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Though we are in the middle of a pandemic and South Shore restaurants are open for outside dining and take-out only, Staten Island can nonetheless boast of its classic restaurants, casual eateries, coal-fired pizzerias and a number of neighborhood taverns and pubs that serve up their own signature dishes.