Mike Gallagher:
… to Florida. Here’s Buddy Foy, Jr., previously starred on the Food Network TV show, Summer Rush.
Restaurants in Florida have been relatively unscathed for the most part. In New York, it’s been a vast wasteland. It’s been a disaster, bubbles in the sidewalk, streets being closed, people out in the winter, freezing their butts off trying to eat. What has motivated the political leaders, the mayors, the governor? What do you think is driving this insanity?
Buddy Foy, Jr.:
You know, Mike, at first, I thought it was fear. Right? We all behave differently when we’re in a fear situation we’re unfamiliar with. And I thought New York was just shocked. Right? I thought the leadership was just shocked.
Mike Gallagher:
Right.
Buddy Foy, Jr.:
And cold weather, not being as much outdoors, et cetera, I got to tell you, I really don’t know how to answer that question. I really don’t. I cannot understand. We served 45,000 customers this summer in New York. Not a single case of COVID got traced back to us, not a single customer, not a single employee when they went back to college and had to get tested had COVID. That’s 45,000…