In A Terrible Year For Restaurants, A Tiny Springfield Bistro Hangs On
Robert Lindsey and Suzanne Lamoureaux in the kitchen of Eat, the restaurant they own and operate in Springfield.
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A Tiny Springfield Bistro Hangs On
A year into the pandemic, few industries have been hit as hard as restaurants. But some, like the small Springfield bistro Eat, are hanging on.
Last March, just before a new state ban on indoor dining went into effect, Robert Lindsey, who owns the restaurant with his wife, thought the ban might last a month.
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HYANNIS When Gov. Charlie Baker shut down the state on March 14 to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, Cape Cod Beer owners Todd and Beth Marcus closed their doors and furloughed most of their staff while continuing to pay their benefits.
The couple then regrouped to consider the new business landscape.
“My husband and I had a conversation. Is summer 2020 going to happen?” Beth Marcus recalled. “We decided it would.”
What essentially had been a bar business, with most people standing to drink beer, became a sit-down affair with food and drink offered under a tent outside. In the colder months, they set up tables inside their warehouse.