Hamilton’s restaurant owners are worried about how a provincial order to close all restaurants and bars amid the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-term impacts.
Premier Doug Ford ordered the closure of all restaurants, bars, theatres, libraries, child-care centres and recreation programs in Ontario as he declared a state of emergency in the province on Tuesday morning.
The order also banned any public events or gatherings of more than 50 people until March 31 in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus to keep the health care system functioning.
Michael Cipollo, who runs HamBRGR and Lost+Found in Hamilton and St. Catharines, tells Global News Radio 900 CHML’s Bill Kelly Show that the restaurant industry may not recover from