First Look: A trendy Syracuse diner transitions from colorful breakfasts to exotic burgers and fries
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
The crew at Loded on Thompson Road: (from left) Max Freeman, Nicola Rinaldo, Ryan Gillum, Danielle Mercuri, Shelby Handville, Justin Diamond and Shane Kelly.Charlie Miller | cmiller@syracuse.com
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First Look
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Rise and Shine for a Unique Breakfast at Syracuse Diner
Rise and shine. One Syracuse diner is serving up unique meals, that look almost too good to eat, and they re back open for business.
Rise N Shine Diner has been closed during the pandemic and owner Danielle Mercuri has had to get creative. All in all it s been quite exhausting, said Mercuri. But in a way it helps us keep on our toes. Keeping creative, that’s just what we do.
Mercuri created a box of oranges with names of restaurants struggling during the coronavirus pandemic and sent it to Governor Cuomo, demanding orange zone businesses be allowed to reopen. It even caught national attention on Fox News.
While many New York businesses struggle to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, one restaurant has decided to send Gov. Andrew Cuomo a special delivery to boycott the ongoing indoor dining ban.
Rise N Shine Diner, located in Syracuse, New York, sent a basket of oranges with names and messages to Cuomo in an attempt to remind him of the struggling businesses that remain shut down.
Stephanie Volles, a bartender at Rise N Shine Diner, talked to “Fox & Friends First” about the restaurant’s goal.
“It feels like forever. So we wanted to send something a little bit bigger, something that was sure to catch his attention,” said Volles.