Picture your favorite restaurants. How often were they a source of comfort for you and your family? How often did they provide a setting for your cherished memories? They have given much to your life and now they ask you to give in return. Once a week, every day, any business is better than no business. Directly support your local institutions if possible. During this challenging time, your favorite restaurants need all the support they can get! Whether you go out or stay in, your business is crucial. Here are some ways to help:

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• Eat out if possible. Support your local restaurants, and try to give preference to locally owned, as opposed to chain restaurants.

• If you choose to do takeout, make sure whenever possible to order directly on the restaurant’s website. Only use Grubhub, Uber Eats, or another third-party app if there is no alternative. In this way, you are making sure your local institutions are receiving as much support as possible. 

• Call to see if your local restaurants sell packaged frozen prepared meals that you can purchase from them and warm up at home. Nom Wah Tea Parlor and Katz's Delicatessen are among the many NYC restaurants that do so! Many restaurants use Goldbelly to sell food online.

• Volunteer for or donate to community Mutual Aid efforts, such as those at restaurants La Morada and Harlem Public, or local food pantries, by serving food or giving to GoFundMe campaigns. Please see MutualAidNYC,  ReThink Food and CLOTH for more possibilities.