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Betsy Levinson / Correspondent winchester@wickedlocal.com It was March 15, 2020, just before St. Patrick’s Day that Jesse Meyer-Mino found out he’d have to close down the Black Horse Tavern. “It was a Sunday and we had stocked up for St. Patrick’s Day, which was the following Tuesday,” said the general manager. “We were forced to shut down during one of our busiest times.” Meyer-Mino has been at the Black Horse for about eight years. He went to UMass-Amherst, graduating with an MBA degree, and relocated for a job in the foodservice industry. “We had to do our best to pivot to ...

“We did a lot of Grub Hub and all these other companies that do extremely well,” Peter Daniel said. “They’re still doing well because there’s this opening in that market. We obviously picked up a lot of those services to help us.” The inability to have dine-in service hit the Daniels’ restaurants hard, to the point where sales were 50% lower than in previous years. It was the Acton location that kept the business afloat as sales were higher for the entire year, thanks in large part to its 90-seat outdoor dining area. “If you have a big outdoor space, you are positioned well,�...

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Betsy Levinson / Correspondent winchester@wickedlocal.com After a year of ups and downs responding to the state’s COVID restrictions, First House Pub chef and co-owner Jim O’Rourke feels back on his feet.  But a year ago when he was forced to close down the popular restaurant, O’Rourke had to furlough 90 percent of his staff and step into the chef’s role as he pivoted to takeout. O’Rourke is no stranger to culinary work as he’s worked as a chef for more than 30 years before buying the First House Pub with partner Stephen Conley in 2015. For the first six or eight weeks of the shu...

Betsy Levinson / Correspondent winchester@wickedlocal.com Fresh dishes from Nepal are on tap at Mitho Restaurant, each meal prepared from raw ingredients and cooked to order, according to Manager Sonam Sherpa.  The family-owned restaurant opened two years ago, started by Sherpa’s uncle who had worked in the food-service industry in Nepal.  It was about a year ago, Sherpa said, that he and the other family members who work at Mitho, started hearing about the virus.  “We started panicking on March 16,” said Sherpa. “From that day, we closed for a few months” following the state shu...