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Antigua's Restaurant Trade and COVID-19

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Restaurants, bars, and clubs have been especially hard-hit by the pandemic. They've been the constant focus of health inspection and evolving restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. Workers have been laid off, venues have closed, and others are only running take-out services. As a handful of non-compliant venues in English Harbour prompt a clamp down and new restrictions across the islands, we ask two proprietors what it's been like operating during the pandemic. The host is Kieron Murdoch.


The guests are:

  1. Barry Edwards, known by many as “Scorpion”. He is the proprietor of the Beachlimerz Restaurant and Bar, at Fort James Beach.
  2. And Claudine Vierstraete, proprietor of C&C Winehouse, and Fred’s Belgian Waffles and Ice-Cream - both in Redcliffe Quay, St. John.


    3. This programme first aired on NewsCo Observer Radio 91.1 FM on January 24, 2021.

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