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Patriots Day weekend is usually a chance for folks to gather outdoors to watch the annual storied Boston Marathon. But with this year’s event postponed until October 11 by the pandemic, you may be wondering how else to spend the long weekend. Fortunately, there is much on offer this weekend around the Boston area, from diving into the history of the Massachusetts holiday to visiting the museum that’s the subject of an acclaimed new series on Netflix to the world-famous 281-acre Arnold Arboretum.
Boston Marathon Food Tour
You may not be able to run, or watch, the Boston Marathon this spring, but you can eat your way along its famous route. We suggest starting around mile 23 with some pastries and coffee at Athan’s European
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MIDDLETON, Wis.– When you hear the name ‘Clasen’s’ around south-central Wisconsin, you think of bread, cakes, cookies, chocolates, and a deep-rooted, family-owned business that can’t fail. Until it almost did.
This holiday weekend, Michelle Clasen is especially grateful the lights are still on in her family-owned bakery, as she shares what it’s been like running a business during the pandemic with News 3 Now.
“I remember sitting in my office and it was dark,” she remembered. It was March 22nd, 2020. Confused and concerned, Clasen picked up the phone and called her mom.
“I said our bakery is closed right now. What do we do? What can we do? And she said, ‘Michelle, just start over. ”
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From bakeries to fine dining, here are 54 Alabama restaurants that closed in 2020
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic forced Z’s Restaurant, the downtown Birmingham eatery famous for its bean pies, soul food and homemade ice cream, to close its doors in late April 2020. (Courtesy: Carolyn Bolivar Hameen)
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2020 was a rough year for restaurants and that’s putting it mildly.
The year started out with the usual ebbs and flows of a competitive dining industry. In Birmingham, for example, Pihakis Restaurant Group was preparing to eventually shutter its location of Mile-End Deli in the city’s downtown area and transition the building to another one of its concepts: a Hero Doughnuts & Buns.