NYC diner owner blasts Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions, calls on restaurants to ‘unite’
The iconic Kellogg’s Diner in Brooklyn will go bankrupt if there’s another shutdown, owner Irene Siderakis says
Kellogg’s Diner in Brooklyn has been a popular neighborhood destination for nearly half a century, but Siderakis, who has owned the iconic establishment in Williamsburg since 2013, told FOX Business on Tuesday that she will be forced to file for bankruptcy if there is another shutdown in the city.
Speaking with “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday, she stressed that she believes Gov. Cuomo “has destroyed our city.”
Restaurants across the country have been devastated by the pandemic, but according to a new survey conducted by the New York State Restaurant Association, in partnership with the National Restaurant Association, New York establishments are suffering more when compared to the industry nationwide, Eater New York reported.
More than half of New York restauranteurs have said it is likely that they will close in the next six months if another federal relief package does not get passed, compared to 37% nationwide, the outlet reported, citing the survey which polled 6,000 restaurant operators, including 238 in New York, over the last two weeks of November.
“The governor said in a New York Times interview over the weekend that we should prepare for the possibility of a full shutdown,” de Blasio said. “I agree with that, we need to recognize that that may be coming and we’ve got to get ready for that now because we cannot let this virus keep growing especially at a moment we are finally getting the vaccine and can turn the corner.”
