Not the typical Super Bowl for WNY restaurants and bars

COVID-19 restrictions keeping business slow, but restaurant owners are hopeful for the future.

THE QUARTERBACKTHAT BILLS FANSLOVE TO HATE WONANOTHER SUPERBOWL... AND SOMEFANS DECIDED TOWATCH THE GAMEAT LOCAL BARS ANDRESTAURANTS...BUT AS SEVENEYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER JEFFRUSACK TELLS US...THINGS JUSTAREN'T THE SAMETHIS YEAR BECAUSEOF COVID-19.IT'S NOT A NORMALSUPER BOWL.AND NOT JUSTBECUASE TOMBRADY WASPLAYING FOR THEBUCANEERS.NOBODY INBUFFALO WANTSTO ROOT FOR TOMBRADY RIGHT ANDIT'S REALLY HARDTO ROOT FOR THECHIEFS AFTERTHEY JUST BEATUS .RESTAURANTS THATWOULD NORMALYBE PACKED...AREN'T.IT'S DEFINITELYNOT THE SAME.NOT THE SAME.

ITWOULD BE A LOTMORE PEOPLE INHERE THAT BE ALOT MORECOMMOTIONPEOPLE EXCITEDPROBABLY SOMEPEOPLE TALKINGABOUT HOW WECOULD'VE WONLAST WEEK.CARL ASDFA THEGENERAL MANAGEROFJP FITZGERALDSIN HAMBURG SAYSCOVID-19RESTRICTIONSHAVE BEEN TOUGHFOR THIS NORMALLYBUSY DAY.WE VIEWED THISAS ANOTHERHURDLE THAT WEHAD TO GET BYOBVIOUSLY NOT ANORMAL ONE ANDONE THAT NOBODYPREDICTED BUT ITIT WAS VERYDIFFICULT.DANNY'S SOUTHJUST DOWN THESTREET BILLSSTADIUM HAS SEENA HUGE DROP INBUSINESS THIS NFLSEASON.80 PERCENT 80%.NORMALLY THEYWOULD HAVE ASUPER BOWLPARTY.

BUT, THEYWERE NOT A PARTOF THE SUIT THATALLOWED SOMERETAURANTS TOSTAY OPEN PASTTHE 10 O'CLOCKSTATE MANDATEDCLOSING.OBVIOUSLY WEDIDN'T DO ITBECAUSE OF THEFACT THAT WE GOTTO SHUT DOWN BY10:00 O'CLOCK ANDTHEN YOURCUSTOMERSBASICALLY RUNOUT THE DOOR ATHALFTIME ANDTHEY DON'T COMEBACK.A GREAT YEAR ONTHE FIELD FOR THEBILLS..

BUT A TOUGHYEAR FORBUSINESS... BUT ASIMILAR RESILIANTOUTLOOK TOWARDTHE FUTURE.WILL JUST GETTHROUGH THISAND TAKE WHATWE CAN.AND WE WILL GETHIM NEXT YEARTHAT GUY THAT'STHE ATTITUDE WEGOTTA KEEP.JEFF RUSACK7EWN.