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Joe Harvey
Marketplace for Local FoodService Professionals and Hospitality IndustrySeptember 9, 2010
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Pittsburgh restaurants assess impact of winter storm02/08/2010 2:09:43 PM
Pittsburgh Business Times - by Tim Schooley Packed up with three days worth of clothes and staying in the nearby home of a friend, Nikki Heckman knew that a couple smothering feet of snow would bring a welcome rush of new customers to her Bistro-to-Go on East Ohio Street on the North Side. “Last year, the same thing happened,” Heckman said. “We have this little hub of people that usually drive into the suburbs. Then when they’re stuck here, they find us.”
Hence, Heckman’s restaurant, which is designed for large, take-out demand, was ‘crazy busy’ generating substantially greater sales than a typical Saturday, despite a winter storm that dumped the fourth largest amount of snow ever recorded in the Pittsburgh area. Heavy snow takes its toll on restaurant business, which already had been under the weather
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