To-go cocktail sales and caps on fees charged by third-party delivery services have helped restaurants keep the lights on while their operations have been limited during the COVID-19 crisis, restaurant owners said Monday as they made the case for extending those temporary measures beyond the current state of emergency.
To buoy restaurants that first were limited to takeout only and then faced capacity restrictions and distancing requirements that limited how many patrons they could serve, lawmakers authorized the sale of beer, wine and cocktails with to-go food orders and capped the fees restaurants pay delivery apps like Grubhub and DoorDash at 15%. Both of those provisions are linked to the length of the state of emergency, which is now scheduled to end on June 15.
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The last time we heard about at Burlington’s Island Creek Oyster Bar, the team behind the restaurant group had announced it was closing both locations and rebranding the Burlington stop as Row 34, already known in Boston and Portsmouth, New Hampshire for fresh seafood and a progressive beer menu. Now that the new outpost has officially opened for business, we checked in with co-owners Jeremy Sewall and Shore Gregory to see what has changed and what Burlington’s restaurant-goers can expect from the new establishment.
The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.
The last time we spoke, we were talking about changes to the Island Creek Oyster Bar. What has happened since then?