Submitted opinion column: William Kitsilis is the owner of Angelo's Palace Pizza in Cumberland and chairman of the board of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association.
The same thing was happening at the now-shuttered Spirito s in Cranston.
Meanwhile, people lined up to shop at big-box stores and the malls are full, said Sam Glynn, owner of two Chomp restaurants in Providence and Warren. He doesn t understand the inconsistency that allows some business to be open and packed with people and his to be limited to 25% in the dining room. But it has led him to feel the restaurant industry is being mistreated. We are the punching bag for the government, he said. They shut down restaurants and nothing changes. The COVID numbers don’t flatten.
He s not the only one who feels that way.