Cape Cod Times: In ‘crisis’: Cape Cod advocacy group pushes for legislation to help restaurants recover

June 2, 2021 Media

 

Love Live Local, a Cape Cod small-business advocacy group, has joined Boston-area organizations pushing to extend legislation that helped restaurants get back on their feet during the pandemic.

With COVID-19 restrictions off the table as of last weekend, and Gov. Charlie Baker’s emergency order set to expire June 15, there’s concern that restaurants will need a little more help as that deadline looms just before the heart of a Cape summer.

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If such legislation isn’t enacted, big increases in delivery fees would be a “crisis” for Cape restaurants, Converse said in last week’s email, which was co-authored with the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, Cambridge Local First, the Central Square BID, East Cambridge Business Association, the Kendall Square Association and the American Economic Liberties Project.

Restaurants will continue to face challenges because many people won’t want to return to in-person dining yet, she said. Consumers are ordering takeout and having food delivered.