PITTSFIELD â A year of forced restrictions and closures that made operating extremely difficult finally might be coming to an end for Berkshire restaurants.
Although things arenât back to normal yet, local restaurant owners believe that the worst is behind them as the local economy begins to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.
âI think weâre going to be fine,â said Mickey Soldato, who owns three area restaurants, Zucchiniâs and The Roasted Garlic in Pittsfield and Marioâs in New Lebanon, N.Y. âI think weâre absolutely on the downside of this.â
âItâs definitely daylight,â said Tony Mazzeo, who, along with his brother, Michael, owns Mazzeoâs Ristorante in Pittsfield. âPeople are getting vaccinated, and thatâs helping.â
when i see them in a pizza shop a place in town that i like to go called mario s, i like to pick up the bill when i can. you know, say thank you for what you do and the risks you take. maybe i m just old-fashioned. yeah, sean, there is not just one person that i interviewed that thought this was acceptable behavior. on the heels of today, georgia one cop was killed, yesterday was the anniversary of the deadliest police shooting in american history, 7-7 in dallas texas, which i reported on. there s a lot going on in this country. although there may be division between some communities on the police, i don t think anybody would feel like it s acceptable to kick cops out as they are getting a bite to eat, getting something to drink, and quite frankly, doing proactive policing. you don t want to just see police when go wrong. you want them in the community sean, to prevent crimes from happening. so starbucks made a big gamble right here and this is on theha heels of them, sean, they had
that s one of the things that president obama changed. i dine often in batali s restaurants. he was correct. he s doing the right thing for his employees and often people don t and his heart is in the right place. he s not penny-pinching and it s not always about the bottom line. it s about how to treat the people you work with and who work for you. he s got the right attitude about it. why didn t he do it before the law? that s the unanswered question. alan, you need to take me and gretchen to mario s i ll be glad to do it. on you. my pleasure. i can hardly way. great way to wrap up a friday segment. see you at 7:00 p.m., guys. in just a few months, nasa will launch orion into space. phil keating has the closest look in cape canaveral, florida. is this the ship to take astronauts actually to mars? yeah, this is it.
jurors heard an audio recording of a barely coherent jackson just weeks before his death, and saw a picture of him dead on a hospital gurney. cnn s don lemon is live from los angeles, he talked to the jackson family. were you inside the courtroom, don. set the scene for us. reporter: ah, good morning to you, carol, and good morning to you, ali, as well. how do you say this? yesterday, when it all started, the jackson family walked in, and they were they are a strong family. i ve never seen them together this much, the funeral, but now they are co-hehesantx and walken together supporting their mom, katherine jackson who is a strong woman. when they dimmed the light, played videotape and played that audiotape of michael jackson, they had to play it twice, because the first time you couldn t hear it. it was heart wrenching, and everyone sort of looked at everyone saying, is that michael jackson? hear it for yourself and then we ll talk about it. [ mumbling ] when people le