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Connecticut's best outdoor dining on rooftops, according to Connecticut Magazine. 

For many restaurateurs across Connecticut, daily deliveries of food have become inconsistent, later than usual and sometimes canceled at the last minute. Part of the problem is a shortage of staff at food purveyors and trucking companies.

Mystic restaurateur Dan Meiser sees a bright future for eastern CT dining scene.

“We do not have enough staff,” co-owner Ken Robitaille said. As a result, they’ve had to close on Mondays because they simply don’t have the staff to run the business seven days a week. “Imagine a world where you’re very successful or too successful and you have to close because you can't find enough people to fill those positions,” said Robitaille. The owners say would-be employees are making more money from unemployment than they would joining the team, despite what they say is a competitive wage. The Connecticut Department of Labor says the state unemployment rate in March wa...

It was inevitable that state government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic would wreak havoc on the leisure and hospitality industry, a “supersector” of the Connecticut economy. Hundreds of restaurants have closed, some for good, due to capacity restrictions, while theaters and other entertainment venues have been dark. Just how many? “How many restaurants have failed during the pandemic?” asked a reader who responded to The Day’s CuriousCT feature. “What other entertainment venues will not be opening when permitted?” Precise answers proved elusive. Back in November, some eig...