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Crowned: Azalea Festival queen makes her way around Wilmington Owen Hassell In a Azalea Festival different than any other, even the queen s coronation came with a new twist. Victoria Huggins was crowned on Wednesday as the 74th Queen Azalea, and as part of 74 virtual waves the former Miss Wilmington and North Carolina embarked on a trip around 74 places in Wilmington. The traditional queen s coronation is typically at Waterfront Park or Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. However, the pandemic meant a shift to a more virtual format. Huggins received the crown at BB&T, now Truist, on Third Street downtown. From there she made stops on the Wilmington Riverwalk and North Waterfront Park area, Hotel Ballast, Greenfield Lake Amphitheater (where Huggins added her handprints to a neighboring sidewalk), Pine Valley Market and Thalian Hall among others. ....
But this January and February, some changes are taking on added significance for chefs and restaurateurs. There are promising signs that business is improving. In North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper announced the easing of restrictions for restaurants and bars last week as cases of COVID-19 decline. And across the county, restaurant sales are projected to climb more than 10% this year, according to the National Restaurant Association. It isn’t quite enough to cover from the pandemic, though, the group said. Instead, 2021 will be a year of transition and rebuilding for the industry. In these cases, that’s in a literal and not just figurative sense. ....
Chef James Doss in front of his Castle St. eatery, Rx Restaurant and Bar. (Port City Daily/Photo by Jonathan Spiers) SOUTHEASTERN NC At the beginning of 2020, the restaurant industry was looking to surpass its 2019 revenue nationwide, according to the National Restaurant Association. Projections were around $899 billion. As 2020 comes to a close, it’s tracking around $659 billion a $240 billion loss because of Covid-19. To quantify it locally, James and Sarah Rushing Doss, owners of Rx Restaurant on Castle St., will see around a 65% revenue decrease in 2020. They have had to close and reopen the restaurant on multiple occasions this year because of the coronavirus. ....