![How a Small-Business Owner Draws Strength and Hope From History](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cleaners-blog.jpg)
How a Small-Business Owner Draws Strength and Hope From History
Matt Khatamov is co-owner of FiDi Cleaners at 89 Washington Street. Like other small-business owners he is grappling with the COVID-19 crisis, but...
![Generosity and Tolerance: This Restaurateur Delivers (Even When It’s Not Returned)](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/aroy-dee-blog.jpg)
Generosity and Tolerance: This Restaurateur Delivers (Even When It’s Not Returned)
When the Downtown Alliance chatted with Kanruthai Makmuang on May 18, she’d been working 25 days straight. Makmuang is co-owner of the Thai kitchen...
![‘We’re in Business, That’s the Success Story’: Jeremy’s Ale House Reopens](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/jeremys-blog.jpg)
‘We’re in Business, That’s the Success Story’: Jeremy’s Ale House Reopens
Lee Holin grew up in a family of New York restaurateurs. His father started his namesake Jeremy’s Ale House (228 Front Street), a friendly...
![‘We Cut One Key a Day,’ a Downtown Locksmith Says, ‘But There’s Hope. We’ll Be Back.’](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/locksmith-portrait.jpg)
‘We Cut One Key a Day,’ a Downtown Locksmith Says, ‘But There’s Hope. We’ll Be Back.’
“I felt like a movie star,” Harry Santiago joked about his recent photo shoot for the Downtown Alliance’s portrait series. Granted,...
![The Diner That’s Seen It All: George’s During COVID](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/georges-blog.jpg)
The Diner That’s Seen It All: George’s During COVID
Billy Koulmentas grew up in the family business. He still remembers at 12 years old delivering burgers from his dad’s diner George’s (currently...
![These People Are Making Sure New Yorkers Don’t Go Hungry](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/donald-jarvis-blog.jpg)
These People Are Making Sure New Yorkers Don’t Go Hungry
Before the pandemic, school food service manager Donald Jarvis was responsible for supervising a handful of city schools’ nutrition programs,...
![Firefighters Self-Isolate to Keep Their Families Safe: ‘It’s Been Difficult Staying Away From Everyone’](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FDNY-blog.jpg)
Firefighters Self-Isolate to Keep Their Families Safe: ‘It’s Been Difficult Staying Away From Everyone’
The firefighters of Lower Manhattan’s Engine 4/Ladder 15 have been through some pretty tough times. The company lost about a dozen men during...
![Have Wine, Will Travel: What It’s Like Delivering Spirits During the Pandemic](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wine-blog.jpg)
Have Wine, Will Travel: What It’s Like Delivering Spirits During the Pandemic
When Logan Beaver arrives at your door, you’re probably pretty happy to see him. That’s because the 26-year-old’s usually delivering an order...
![‘Little by Little, They Know We Are Open’: Getting Back to Business at 77 Burger](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/77-burger-blog.jpg)
‘Little by Little, They Know We Are Open’: Getting Back to Business at 77 Burger
New York City has been on pause for weeks. With new reported cases of COVID-19 on the decline, people who run businesses are starting to think about...
![What It’s Like to Own a New York City Pizza Shop Right Now](https://downtownny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/underground-pizza-blog-1.jpg)
What It’s Like to Own a New York City Pizza Shop Right Now
When New York City announced the shutdown, Benedetto “Ben” Davi, owner of Underground Pizza, said to his manager, who is also his nephew,...