Sports-centered restaurants and bars usually see increased business on Super Bowl Sunday. Now, businesses that normally seat sports fans at tables and bars are adapting for an unprecedented night of football.
Gov. Charlie Baker lifted a November order mandating restaurants to close between 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m., allowing local businesses to return to late-night service.
As cases continue to rise at Boston University and across the country, Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore wrote to students Friday asking the community to “do better” and to comply with the Massachusetts stay-at-home advisory that took effect Friday night.
An estimated 20 percent of Mass. restaurants have closed since the pandemic began. Decreased demand continues to burden operators in an industry with already thin profit margins.
