It’s Time to Demand Government Action to Save the Restaurant Industry
Food & Wine published a candid, forward-looking call to action from our dear friend, Chef Matthew Jennings.
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Cambridge Naturals Balances A Surge In Demand With COVID-19 Challenges
The challenges facing retail small businesses from COVID-19 aren’t limited to just restaurants.
read moreWhy the Restaurant Industry is the Most Important Industry in Today’s America
The major events of life, personal and professional, are celebrated in restaurants. Acquaintances become friends around a table in the safe and controlled environment of a restaurant. Individuals become lovers across a restaurant table, sometimes.
read moreLiquor Licenses Buy Backs to Support Our Restaurants: Now Is the Time
What if there was a state program that pumped money into restaurants by buying back their liquor licenses at a fixed rate and replacing all such licenses with original issue, no-value, non-transferable licenses?
read moreBaker-Polito Administration Announces $10 Million Small Business Recovery Loan Fund
Small businesses impacted by COVID-19 will have access to capital assistance.
read moreThoughts From One Landlord On Doing Right By Retail Tenants
Working at a Boston-based family real estate company, I’m fortunate to call some of these businesses our tenants. But this past weekend it became clear that squirreling away gift cards and ordering take out would not be enough.
read moreChefs React as All Massachusetts Restaurants Close Their Dining Rooms Due to Coronavirus
Governor Charlie Baker has banned on-site consumption until April 6, and emotions run from “destroyed” to “relieved.”
read moreUpdate #2: Brace Yourself
With Governor Baker’s order last night for MA (and other similar orders across the country) we have more clarity re: the days ahead as related to regulations surrounding places of public accommodation & public gatherings.
read moreCambridge District Impact Study
We recently received this District Impact Study, concerning Central Square businesses during the COVID-19 crisis.
read moreLetter from the Cambridge Business Community
Below is a letter from the Cambridge Business Community, including members from Central Square BID, Kendall Square Association, and East Cambridge Business Association.
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