Ronnie Maisonet knew he was making special seafood when guests at the family events he catered asked for bigger portions and seconds before he’d doled out first servings.
Now, during a pandemic and one of the three worst economic downturns in a century, he and his wife Tiffany are turning a seafood side project into their primary business. Next month, they’ll open the Crab a Bag Puerto Rican seafood restaurant at 85 Liberty St. in the City of Newburgh.
Despite the coronavirus, they’re not alone.
Americans are founding new businesses at the quickest rate in over a decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data tracking applications for the employer identification numbers used to form companies.