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WCVB 5
Massachusetts restaurant owners hit hard by COVID-19 push for money to keep businesses afloat

Boston 25
MA restaurant owners: “We’re looking at a really dangerous time”

Boston Herald
Massachusetts restaurant owners call on Congress to add emergency funding through omicron surge

22 News Restaurants continue to struggle even with financial help from state — 22 News
Restaurants continue to struggle even with financial help from state

Boston Globe If you Want Restaurants to Stay, Take it To Go — Boston Globe
If you Want Restaurants to Stay, Take it To Go

Bloomberg Boston Restaurateur Tony Maws of Massachusetts Restaurants United on the provisions in the economic development bill that will help his industry (27:20) — Bloomberg Boston
Restaurateur Tony Maws of Massachusetts Restaurants United on the provisions in the economic development bill that will help his industry (27:20)

Restaurant Business Mass. Legislature Approves 15% Cap on Delivery Fees — Restaurant Business
Mass. Legislature Approves 15% Cap on Delivery Fees

Edible Boston Preserving Chinatown: A Neighborhood in the Crosshairs — Edible Boston
Preserving Chinatown: A Neighborhood in the Crosshairs

Boston Globe Restaurants see ‘glimmer of hope’ in state’s economic stimulus bill — Boston Globe
Restaurants see ‘glimmer of hope’ in state’s economic stimulus bill

Eater Boston Massachusetts Legislature Implements Fee Caps for Third-Party Delivery Apps Like Grubhub and DoorDash — Eater Boston
Massachusetts Legislature Implements Fee Caps for Third-Party Delivery Apps Like Grubhub and DoorDash

Boston Globe Beacon Hill must cap food delivery fees imposed by DoorDash, UberEats, GrubHub — Boston Globe
Beacon Hill must cap food delivery fees imposed by DoorDash, UberEats, GrubHub

Boston Business Journal Mass. lawmakers OK statewide cap on food delivery fees — Boston Business Journal
Mass. lawmakers OK statewide cap on food delivery fees

El Planeta OPINIÓN | Líderes estatales deben pasar un límite a las tarifas que las aplicaciones de comida DoorDash, UberEats y GrubHub imponen a nuestros restaurantes independientes — El Planeta
OPINIÓN | Líderes estatales deben pasar un límite a las tarifas que las aplicaciones de comida DoorDash, UberEats y GrubHub imponen a nuestros restaurantes independientes

10 Boston Restaurants Struggling During Pandemic Say Delivery App Fees Are Overwhelming — 10 Boston
Restaurants Struggling During Pandemic Say Delivery App Fees Are Overwhelming

NBC Boston Rollback Is New Blow for Boston Businesses, Already Reeling Without Stimulus — NBC Boston
Rollback Is New Blow for Boston Businesses, Already Reeling Without Stimulus

Boston Globe Can Boston become a ‘winter city’? — Boston Globe
Can Boston become a ‘winter city’?

Boston Globe ‘We’re bleeding out.’ Here’s what restaurant owners are saying about the new restrictions in Mass. — Boston Globe
‘We’re bleeding out.’ Here’s what restaurant owners are saying about the new restrictions in Mass.

Boston.com Charlie Baker announces statewide rollback of Massachusetts reopening plan in response to ‘disturbing’ COVID-19 trends — Boston.com
Charlie Baker announces statewide rollback of Massachusetts reopening plan in response to ‘disturbing’ COVID-19 trends

WBUR Rollback: Baker Shrinks Capacity At Nearly All Businesses; Releases New Dining Rules — WBUR
Rollback: Baker Shrinks Capacity At Nearly All Businesses; Releases New Dining Rules

25 News MA restaurant owners fear rollback to Phase 3, Step 1 is another hit to business — 25 News
MA restaurant owners fear rollback to Phase 3, Step 1 is another hit to business

Boston.com Local restaurants react to Gov. Charlie Baker’s statewide rollback — Boston.com
Local restaurants react to Gov. Charlie Baker’s statewide rollback

Boston Globe Baker rolls back Mass. reopening, aiming to ‘build ourselves a bridge to the vaccine’ — Boston Globe
Baker rolls back Mass. reopening, aiming to ‘build ourselves a bridge to the vaccine’

Boston Globe Ocean Spray fund is offering hope and some rent and payroll relief for restaurants — Boston Globe
Ocean Spray fund is offering hope and some rent and payroll relief for restaurants

Boston.com Not closed, not quite open: These local restaurants are hibernating for the winter — Boston.com
Not closed, not quite open: These local restaurants are hibernating for the winter

Boston.com ‘We are emotionally drained’: Restaurateurs consider the possibility of another economic shutdown — Boston.com
‘We are emotionally drained’: Restaurateurs consider the possibility of another economic shutdown

Telemundo Crisis en restaurantes de Mass. a una semana de iniciar nuevas reglas — Telemundo
Crisis en restaurantes de Mass. a una semana de iniciar nuevas reglas

Boston Business Journal Restaurant groups say new Covid restrictions are 'devastating' — Boston Business Journal
Restaurant groups say new Covid restrictions are 'devastating'

Boston Globe Restaurant groups pen letter against Baker’s order that they close at 9:30 — Boston Globe
Restaurant groups pen letter against Baker’s order that they close at 9:30

Boston.com Gov. Baker just issued a new table service mandate. Here’s how restaurateurs are responding. — Boston.com
Gov. Baker just issued a new table service mandate. Here’s how restaurateurs are responding.

Boston Magazine The Year That Changed Boston’s Dining Scene Forever — Boston Magazine
The Year That Changed Boston’s Dining Scene Forever

WCVB Massachusetts restaurants going into 'hibernation' this winter amid pandemic — WCVB
Massachusetts restaurants going into 'hibernation' this winter amid pandemic

Huntington News Local restaurants urge the state to pass relief bill — Huntington News
Local restaurants urge the state to pass relief bill

Hingham Journal Hingham restaurateur advocates on behalf of struggling restaurants — Hingham Journal
Hingham restaurateur advocates on behalf of struggling restaurants

Boston Globe Map: 60+ Boston-area restaurants that have closed amid COVID-19 — Boston Globe
Map: 60+ Boston-area restaurants that have closed amid COVID-19

Boston Magazine I’ll Eat Outside at Boston Restaurants All Winter If I Have To — Boston Magazine
I’ll Eat Outside at Boston Restaurants All Winter If I Have To

Boston Globe So many Boston restaurants have closed. It’s just the tip of the iceberg — Boston Globe
So many Boston restaurants have closed. It’s just the tip of the iceberg

Boston Herald Nearly one in five Massachusetts restaurants have permanently closed — Boston Herald
Nearly one in five Massachusetts restaurants have permanently closed

Boston Globe After a summer unlike any other, the North End looks anxiously toward the fall — Boston Globe
After a summer unlike any other, the North End looks anxiously toward the fall

Boston Globe Add another ingredient to restaurants’ woes: mask hostility — Boston Globe
Add another ingredient to restaurants’ woes: mask hostility

Edible Boston Q & A: Tony Maws: Chef / Owner, Craigie on Main & Craigie Burger — Edible Boston
Q & A: Tony Maws: Chef / Owner, Craigie on Main & Craigie Burger

Boston Globe Beacon Hill urged to budge on cocktails to go — Boston Globe
Beacon Hill urged to budge on cocktails to go

Boston Business Journal Restaurant owners present new menu of government reforms (En Español) — Boston Business Journal
Restaurant owners present new menu of government reforms (En Español)

Boston Herald Massachusetts coronavirus reopening: Indoor dining starts Monday, but restaurants still have worries — Boston Herald
Massachusetts coronavirus reopening: Indoor dining starts Monday, but restaurants still have worries

Boston.com ‘The math doesn’t add up’: Chef Tony Maws asks diners to go beyond patio dining — Boston.com
‘The math doesn’t add up’: Chef Tony Maws asks diners to go beyond patio dining

WCVB Hundreds of restaurants in Massachusetts calling for more help from state — WCVB
Hundreds of restaurants in Massachusetts calling for more help from state

Boston Globe ‘It was like spring break.’ A sunny weekend brings out crowds quick to abandon social distancing guidelines — Boston Globe
‘It was like spring break.’ A sunny weekend brings out crowds quick to abandon social distancing guidelines

Boston.com 3 Takeaways from Massachusetts Restaurants United’s First Town Hall Meeting — Boston.com
3 Takeaways from Massachusetts Restaurants United’s First Town Hall Meeting

Boston.com This weekend: Tasty Burger reopens its Fenway location with a walk-up takeout window — Boston.com
This weekend: Tasty Burger reopens its Fenway location with a walk-up takeout window

Boston Globe Jody Adams takes on a new role: activist — Boston Globe
Jody Adams takes on a new role: activist

Boston Globe To reopen, restaurants will need to completely reinvent themselves — Boston Globe
To reopen, restaurants will need to completely reinvent themselves

Boston Business Journal After PPP ‘failure,’ Rep. Pressley pushes new grants for small businesses — Boston Business Journal
After PPP ‘failure,’ Rep. Pressley pushes new grants for small businesses

Politico Bakers wants more virus testing — Politico
Bakers wants more virus testing

NBC Boston Mass. Restaurants Bring in Big Names as They Fight for Survival — NBC Boston
Mass. Restaurants Bring in Big Names as They Fight for Survival

WBUR As Mass. Ponders When To Permit Restaurants To Reopen, N.H. Welcomes Back Dining Al Fresco — WBUR
As Mass. Ponders When To Permit Restaurants To Reopen, N.H. Welcomes Back Dining Al Fresco

National Stories

The Atlantic The Pandemic Will Change American Retail Forever — The Atlantic
The Pandemic Will Change American Retail Forever

The New Yorker What It Will Take for Restaurants to Survive — The New Yorker
What It Will Take for Restaurants to Survive

Business Insider I'm a San Francisco Restaurant owner who will probably return my government relief loan. Here's why and what really needs to happen to save our industry — Business Insider
I'm a San Francisco Restaurant owner who will probably return my government relief loan. Here's why and what really needs to happen to save our industry

The New York Times Magazine My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore? — The New York Times Magazine
My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?

Mass Restaurants United works in cooperation with the Independent Restaurant Coalition, which advocates at the national level on behalf of restaurants affected by Covid-19.

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