Inflation has been hard on the province's restaurant industry, but three business owners in central and western Newfoundland hope for a busy summer

Published: May 23, 2023, 2:40 a.m.

b"It's been a rough few years for the restaurant industry in this province.\\tFirst, there were pandemic restrictions, then a labour shortage, and now soaring food costs. But with tourism season on the horizon, restaurants in the province hope business will start to heat up over the summer. Steve Morton is co-owner of Cafe 59 in Pasadena, Gina Noordhof owns The Norseman restaurant in L'anse aux Meadows, and Fred Habib manages Donnini's Pizza & Donair in Grand Falls-Windsor."