Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Restaurants Open During Sandy Experience Surge Of Business (PHOTOS)

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Restaurants Open During Sandy Experience Surge Of Business (PHOTOS)
Oct 31st 2012, 15:13

On Tuesday afternoon, the majority of storefronts in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook were still boarded up as the city began drying out from Hurricane Sandy. The streets, however, were teeming with cooped up area residents eager to leave their apartments. Those in search of food and drink were in luck -- a handful of eateries and bars had opened their doors and were serving the best they could.

Jose Antonio Lopez, the manager of Italian spot Vinny's Of Carroll Gardens, was pacing the packed room, delivering steaming plates of pasta and meatballs. Nearly every table was full, and a small line formed outside.

"It's really, really good," Lopez said of the day's business. "We [were] not really expecting a lot of people, but there are a lot of people that get hungry!" Vinny's had been open the day before as well, closing at 7 p.m. when the weather got too rough.

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