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Worcester diners feel pinch from pandemic as curfew, capacity limits set to expire
“This is good news,” James K. George, owner of the Boulevard Diner, said.
George said trying to keep afloat during the pandemic has been a struggle like no other.
“The coronavirus pandemic is making an impact, especially with the curfew,” George said. “There’s no more 24 hours. Everything is closed late night. We were always 24 hours. It has had a huge impact. But thank God that we still got our doors open.”
Despite the curfew being lifted at 5 a.m. Monday, George is not ready to reopen the Boulevard Diner 24 hours. For now, he said he will keep a close eye on the restaurants, taverns and bars on Shrewsbury Street and see how everything looks.
Then and Now: Burns Diner, Maki Block, Municipal Comfort Station in Gardner
Only traces remain of the famed Gardner business landmarks of yesteryear
Mike Richard
Special for The Gardner News
One of downtown Gardner’s longest lasting landmarks has remained in virtually the same spot since the late 1920s and can still be seen and used every day.
Do you know what it is?
It is the city’s first “stop and go traffic signal,” which was installed December of 1929 at the corner of Graham and Parker streets. At the time, the downtown corner was called one of the most dangerous in the city and had been the scene of numerous collisions.