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Scores of black-owned businesses making the rounds on social media are helping some Big Apple eateries bounce back from the coronavirus sooner than expected. LoLo’s Seafood Shack in Harlem, known for its Caribbean-style seafood, has seen revenues go from 50 percent during the darkest days of the pandemic to 70 percent — and now back …

The coronavirus pandemic has been strangely good to New York City restaurateur Garry Kanfer. At a time when most Big Apple eateries are struggling to survive, Manhattan sushi restaurant Kissaki has been thriving, according to Kanfer — thanks to some pointed business decisions like importing fish directly from Japan, making a takeout-friendly menu, and investing …

Last Thursday evening, restaurant mogul Zach Erdem drove up to a customer’s swanky mansion in the Hamptons, rang the doorbell, and left a delicious dinner spread on the front doorstep, COVID-style. Erdem — who owns Southampton hotspot 75 Main, a longtime hangout for celebs like Kim Kardashian West, Leo DiCaprio and Joe Biden — had …

The somber memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Thursday drew a bevy of high-profile politicians and celebrities, including Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and Ludacris. The Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered a fierce eulogy for Floyd, gave a shout out to some of the stars in the crowd. He invited Haddish up onstage while everyone …

Carbone, the Village hotspot known for drawing crowds even during the pandemic, will open a pop-up in Southampton on Wednesday, Side Dish has learned. “We will be respecting all the rules. There will be no place to dine, even outside — just nightly takeaway, but we wanted to open where we are and where so many of …

New York City restaurants are pulling out all the stops to survive the pandemic, including launching deliveries 90 miles away to the Hamptons. Restaurants from American bistro The Smith to Michelin-starred Carbone have been making the trek to Long Island’s East End in an effort to serve customers who fled the city during the coronavirus …

All they wanted was a home-cooked meal and now they’re helping out-of-work chefs survive the coronavirus pandemic. Israeli entrepreneurs Oren Saar and Merav Kalish Rozengarten founded WoodSpoon out of a desire find food like grandma used to make. “We missed the food from home, like real homemade hummus, and kunefe,” Saar says, referring to the …

Tiffany Haddish and Common have been popping up together at Zoom parties, and they continued to flaunt their quarantined romance at Questlove’s Instagram Live birthday celebration for Janet Jackson. They bickered like a couple arguing over who’s better at playing Spades. “If you want to win a game of Spades play Common,” Haddish said. He …

The lengthy coronavirus lockdowns will force New York City’s restaurateurs to pivot when they finally start to welcome customers — and some pivots will be sharper than others. Stratis Morfogen, founder of Philippe Chow and co-founder of the Brooklyn Chop House, was gearing up to open his new concept, Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, in the East …

Al fresco dining may be the key to the Big Apple’s post-quarantine restaurant scene, industry insiders say. Social-distancing rules mean that restaurants could be forced to reopen with 50 percent fewer customers because diners will need to be seated at least six feet apart. While that could present big problems for eateries accustomed to packing …