NAPA (KPIX) — Restaurant week kicked off in Napa Valley Friday night. It is a shot in the arm for those trying to stay in business but, for others, the pandemic has forced them to call it quits.
“It’s … been extremely difficult to hang on and stay alive through all of this,” said Visit Napa Valley CEO Linsey Gallagher.
Napa’s Ca’ Momi announced its closure on Facebook. The owners wrote that they gave it their best for as long as they could but it was the pandemic that finally forced them to close their doors.
“We were open and then we were closed,” Gallagher said, referring to the region’s struggle with COVID lockdowns and regulations. “Then we can open for outdoor then we can open for indoor and then we had to be closed again for indoor and you need a mask and it’s been so complicated to understand the path forward.”
Starting Friday night, for the next 10 days, the region’s world-class restaurateurs hope…
