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Association News Archives

January 2022


CT Restaurants: Replenishing Federal Fund Would Save 18,000 Jobs
Eyewitness News 3, Rob Polansky
January 31, 2022

​'Pick It Up' Campaign Urges Customers to Ditch Delivery Apps That Eat Restaurant Profits
Hartford Courant, Susan Dunne
​January 29, 2022

Omnicron Fears Create New Havoc for Connecticut Restaurants
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Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals, Phil Hall
January 28, 2022

Restaurants Need Federal Funds to Stay Afloat as Pandemic Continues
Eyewitness News 3, Lezla Gooden
January 31, 2022

National Poll: 50 percent of Restaurants May Fail If They Don't Get Relief Funds
Hartford Courant, Susan Dunne
January 24, 2022

New Haven Businesses Brace for Impact of Yale's Quarantine Protocol Requiring Avoiding Businesses
Fox 61, Tony Terzi 
January 10, 2022
"Our restaurants have done everything that's been asked of them...They've gone over and above and beyond. The ones I've talked to in New Haven specifically in the last week you know they're testing their employees almost on a daily basis"

Will Connecticut Restaurants Require Vaccination? A few do. Many Fear the Repercussions New York Has Already Seen.
Hartford Courant, Susan Dunne
January 10, 2022
     "Two words that hurt the industry more than anything are mandates and restrictions," said Scott Dolch, president and CEO of the CRA. "New York City has had it for six months, and they haven't seen a rise in people coming out to eat...

Outdoor Dining Popular Amid COVID-19 Surge
NBC Connecticut, Matt Austin
January 9, 2022

Skeptics Challenge CDC Isolation Guidance as COVID Cases Rise in CT
CT Insider, Julia Bergman
January 4, 2022

With Staff Out Sick and Customers Wary of Omicron, CT Restaurants Open and Close With 'A Lot of Unknowns"
CT Insider, Leeanne Griffin
January 3, 2022

Omnicron Spike Presents New Struggle for Connecticut Restaurants
Hartford Courant, Susan Dunne & Daniela Altimari
January 2022

Archive
2021 News


Best Restaurants in Connecticut 2021
​Connecticut Office of Tourism
December 2021

What You Can Learn From the Owner of Pomfret's Famed Vanilla Bean Cafe
The Day, Kristina Dorsey

Some Restaurant Owners Counting on 'Meals Sales Tax Revenue' Remittance Week to Recoup Lost Revenue
WTNH, News 8, Jodi Latina
December 13, 2021

CRAzies Awards honors Millwright’s, The Charles amid celebration of Connecticut restaurants. ‘You’re staying open,’ Gov. Lamont tells group
Hartford Courant, Susan Dunne
December 8, 2021

Lamont's Surest Applause Line Restaurants: 'You're Staying Open'
CT Mirror, Mark Pazniokas
December 6, 2021

2021 Crazies Awards Gala Celebrates Connecticut Restaurants
WTNH, News 8
December 6, 2021

Officials Encouraging Residents to Support Local Restaurants on Small Business Saturday
Eyewitness News 3, Mike Savino & Andrew Masse
November 24, 2021
"We will continue to work down in D.C. so we don't lose anymore restaurants," -Scott Dolch, President & CEO of CT Restaurant Association

​Restaurants Hope for Business Boost This Holiday Season
NBC Connecticut, Caitlin Burchill
​November 24, 2021

Inflation to Raise Consumer Prices Through Holidays
CT News Junkie, Hugh McQuaid
November 15, 2021

CT Restaurants Struggling With Finding Staff, Rising Prices from Suppliers 
WTNH, News 8 
November 9, 2021

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Local Eateries Bring Out The 'Igloos' to Extend Outdoor Dining Through Winter
Fox 61 News, Jim Altman
​November 2, 2021

Restaurants Prepare for Outdoor Dining Options This Winter
Eyewitness News 3
​October 29, 2021

CT Restaurant Association Finalizes New Multi-Year Leadership Plan
​Current Executive Director Scott Dolch to be Named President & CEO
​October 20, 2021

Restaurants wary of winter, looking to Washington amid inflation, supply chain crunch, worker shortage
Fox Business, October 15, 2021

Restaurants fearful winter season will again not be kind to battered industry. 

How CT Restaurants are coping amid 'disastrous' staff shortages
Stamford Advocate
​October 14, 2021

Restaurants Still Suffering
October 12, 2021

Fox 61 News featured the results of the Connecticut Restaurant Association's survey on how restaurants such as Frida in West Hartford and Peppercorn's in Hartford are faring during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

​Click Here to access the CT Restaurant Association's Survey results. 


Click Here to access the full Fox 61 News story. 

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