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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.