Residents observing meatless Fridays during Lent flock to pizzeria amid COVID-19 dine-in restrictions

Emilio's Pizzeria in Throgs Neck had a steady flow of customers where an employee said most of the orders have been of plain or vegetable pies because of Lent.

News 12 Staff

Mar 21, 2020, 9:04 PM

Updated 1,736 days ago

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Some religious families who are abstaining from eating meat on Friday during Lent grabbed slices of pizza, despite that many restaurants have been forced to turn away dine-in costumers during the coronavirus outbreak. Emilio's Pizzeria in Throgs Neck had a steady flow of customers where an employee said most of the orders have been of plain or vegetable pies because of Lent.
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