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Compared to 2020, according to open table. the 28.6 billion dollar restaurant revitalization fund or rrf saved many restaurants from closing last year, but with nearly 300,000 applications, only about a third got funding before the money ran out. the only reason i m not closed at my restaurant right now is that we did, we got a grant and it s helped us get through this moment. reporter: in a letter to congress, the restaurant coalition and 30 mayors are sounding the alarm calling for the rrf to are replenished for the nearly 180,000 applicants who missed out. without it, they say it will be catas catastrophic. the financial hit to the country is huge when you lose restaurants, to the neighborhood, to the community, and to the job market in general. reporter: in new york city, gotham bar and grill survived 37 years, but with reservations down 80%, managing partner brett ....