Restaurant patrons set up GoFundMe campaigns for laid-off staff

Fans of Bavaro’s and Chiles Group eateries aim to raise $110,000 for jobless workers.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:28 p.m. March 30, 2020
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File. Dan Bavaro's payroll has plunged from 100 employees to just nine as the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged his restaurant business.
File. Dan Bavaro's payroll has plunged from 100 employees to just nine as the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged his restaurant business.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Dan Bavaro, the founder and owner of Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria, a chain of Italian restaurants with locations in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, has been forthright about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on his business. 

 

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