Restaurant chews on ways to survive, make it through summer

A longtime industry leader learns that sometimes not doing something — say takeout in the pandemic — can be a long-term benefit.

Courtesy. Staff members are back at work at Mattison's Riverwalk Grille in Bradenton.
Courtesy. Staff members are back at work at Mattison's Riverwalk Grille in Bradenton.
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The COVID-19 shutdown nearly put Mattison’s Restaurants and Catering out of business. Faced with that reality, and a road filled with challenges ahead, owner Paul Mattison will do what it takes for the Sarasota-based restaurant group — which includes Mattison’s Forty-One downtown and Mattison’s City Grille, and Mattison’s Riverwalk Grille in downtown Bradenton —  to survive.

 

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