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Lower temps, less business? Five Towns restaurants face uncertain future as weather cools Vinceslao acknowledged that he did not have a date in mind by which outdoor seating would be With restaurants at limited put on hold. “It’s all weather percapacity for indoor dining mitting,” he said. “If it’s 25 because of the coronavirus pan- degrees outside, the heaters demic, many have added outdoor aren’t going to help too much. seating in an effort to make up We’re going to have to concenfor that loss of custrate on takeout and tomers — and revepeople coming nue. But with cold inside when it gets weather approachcold.” ing, restaurant ownFor Nick Scarcelers are pondering la, owner of Da Nicalternatives to outola in Hewlett, busidoor seating. ness has been conCurrent state prosistent in recent tocols allow restaumonths thanks to rants to use 50 perthe outdoor option. cent of capacity for “Our business has indoor dining. been a nice mix of “We’re getting better takeout and outdoor and better every seating,” he said. week with indoor NICk “Indoor seating has dining, even though done the least busiwe’re only allowed SCARCEllA ness for us. With the Owner, Da Nicola 50 people instead of weather getting cold100,” said Vito Vincer, the plan for us is e s l a o, ow n e r o f to prepare for mostly takeout Friendlier Pizza and Restaurant business, as the people who in Woodmere, adding that out- haven’t been sitting inside will door seating has helped his busi- just go back to takeout.” Scarcelness over the past few months. la noted that his outdoor seating “Those who are skeptical of sit- accommodates roughly 35 dinting inside sit outside, which is ers. fine.” Continued on page 15
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THE GREEN FAMIly, from left, Tanya, Derek, Ava, Sophia and William, out of sight at the wheel, took part in the Sept. 30 CommUnity Coalition motorcade.
Diverse groups build civic unity through unsettling times By JEFFREy BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
After three months of weekly meetings this summer to build stronger ties among several diverse institutions and organizations, the newly created CommUnity Coalition of the Five Towns, Valley Stream and the Rockaways held its coming-out party with a 40-vehicle motorcade on Sept. 30 that traveled from the Five Towns Community Center to the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC’s Harrison-Kerr
Family Campus, both in Lawrence. The newest group to attack the social problems that at times leave ethnic and religious groups working in opposition, rather than collaboration, to try to solve them includes the community center and its Gammy’s Pantry; the Irving Place Minyan, in Woodmere; the Islamic Center of the Five Towns, in Hewlett; the Malverne Jewish Center; the Gural JCC; the Nassau County Office of Asian American Affairs; the Simon Wie-
senthal Center, in Los Angeles; St. John’s Baptist Church, in Inwood; Valley Stream Presbyterian Church and Young Israel of Hewlett. Representatives of the new coalition said that it was founded in response to the nationwide unrest caused by police shootings of Black people, the protests that sometimes turned into riots and a recognition, according to a statement, that “stronger bonds needed to be established between the various Continued on page 15
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think it’s safe to say that people want to sit outside more than they want to sit inside right now.