Some restaurants shift back to curbside only as CT tops 23% positivity rate
Some local restaurants are switching back to curbside-only service with COVID cases and staffing shortages on the rise.
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Jan 4, 2022, 10:32 PM
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Jimmy's Apizza is back on curbside for the time being as Omicron surges across the state.
"I don't ever remember closing for anything. Just didn't happen. But the last year and a half, two years has been just absolutely crazy," said owner and 44-year pizza veteran James Ormrod.
Ormrod says he's hired on help to run the orders and bring pizzas to customers' cars.
"If I get sick or my brother gets sick, we close. And if we close, it affects probably 15 employees I have, and obviously they need the money," Ormrod said.
He says going curbside only is easier for a place like Jimmy's Apizza since takeout makes up 70% of business even in normal times.
"The restaurants that got hurt were really kind of the fancy-schmancy ones. You know, you're not going go to a steak place and order a $70 steak and take it home," Ormrod said.
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