8 First Watch-owned restaurants still closed post-Milton

The restaurant group specializing in breakfast and lunch says it is conducting insurance assessments in the aftermath of the hurricane.

First Watch Restaurant Group includes more than 530 restaurants across the United States.
First Watch Restaurant Group includes more than 530 restaurants across the United States.
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East Manatee County-based First Watch says it closed more than 80 of its company-owned restaurants that were in Hurricane Milton’s path, and by Oct. 14, all but eight had reopened. The closed restaurants are mainly in the Tampa and St. Petersburg areas, according to a spokesperson for First Watch.

 

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