The summer doldrums came early for Ken Foy’s Dante’s restaurant.
“We’re used to being broke August and September,” he said of his midtown gastropub’s annual summer slowdown. “We started getting broke May and June this year.”
Foy estimated it costs around $10,000 a month just to open the doors of his restaurant at 2526 E. Grant Road. That covers rent and utilities; the cost of food and manpower adds a whole other level of financial hardship…