Grant Park restaurant struggles to keep doors open amid COVID-19
A Grant Park restaurant struggles to stay afloat due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ATLANTA - A well-known Grant Park restaurant is one of many that is relying on the community for help to continue to stay alive during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ziba s Bistro and Wine Bar has been known as Grant Park s best-kept secret for ten years.
The owner, Marcie Meirndorf, said they went from having one of their best years to now struggling to keep the doors open. The hole is getting deeper and deeper, and I don t see an end out of it, said Meirndorf.
Updated a 6:58 p.m. Monday
For the better half of a century, Manuel’s Tavern in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta has been the living room for many Georgians, a welcoming watering hole and meeting hall for artists, lawyers, carpenters, academics, police, actors, activists and journalists. Those reflective/ nostalgic words were written by longtime regular Manuel’s patron Angelo Fuster, who started a GoFundMe fundraising site.
Manuel Maloof, a fiery politician who was CEO of DeKalb County in the mid-80s and early 90s, created an environment where folks from any walk of life could comfortably sit together and enjoy a beer or burger.
Atlanta restaurants now have another option to keep people safe while eating out. Atlanta City Council passed an ordinance on Monday to allow restaurants to offer on-street dining.