Outdoor Dining Gives Restaurants Breathing Room – BusinessWest
When COVID-19 arrived 14 months ago, restaurant owners everywhere went into survival mode. Bill Collins was no exception. Fast-forward to, well, just last week, and the story is a different one. “We just celebrated our seven-year anniversary,” said Collins, owner of Center Square Grill in East Longmeadow, who marked the milestone by donating 10% of the day’s total sales to Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield. “That’s something we would not have been able to do without outdoor seating.”