Wicked Local
Waltham restaurants need help. The people who love them are now being asked to act to save this crucial industry.
It has been a year since the country began lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a necessary action that dealt a devastating blow to local restaurants.
Since then, 20% of restaurants in the state have closed permanently due to the pandemic as of September last year, according to reporting by the Boston Globe.
“Restaurants cannot survive this indefinitely,” said Bob Perry, executive director of the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation and board member of the Breezers Ball organization.