Published: 3/12/2021 5:08:33 PM
NORTHAMPTON Andrew Brow refers to the period between New Year’s and Valentine’s Day as the “dark days” of the restaurant season a time when people spend less money eating out.
But that was before the pandemic hit, casting a heavy cloud over his business that’s stretched on for an entire year, says the chef and owner of HighBrow Wood Fired Kitchen + Bar in Northampton.
“We’re getting by,” Brow said. “The doors will not lock.” But the business isn’t “printing money, either.”
Out in Florence, Miss Florence Diner owner Georgie Brunton said business is down quite a bit because of the pandemic, but that the restaurant is “hanging in there,” and holding out hope that as more people get vaccinated the business can get back to 2019 numbers.