Newsday: LI eateries call for refill of federal COVID-19 grant program

Restaurant owner Justin Tempelman, second left, and waitress Elizabeth Mason, left, hand off drinks at JT's On The Bay, July 18, 2020, in Blue Point. Credit: Corey Sipkin

JamesTMadore
March 30, 2022 5:00

Justin Tempelman, who owns three "JT's" eateries in Blue Point and Bayport, remembers feeling “crushed” this month when Congress didn’t replenish a grant program for restaurants hit hard by the pandemic.

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