Remembering Businesses Lost to COVID

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 18, 2020

The Brian Lehrer Show and WNYC are putting together a time capsule to remember this strange and difficult year. Today, listeners call in to commemorate the beloved restaurants, retail, and all small business lost to COVID-19 this year.

Our 2020 Time Capsule continues.

Listeners: Did you lose a business this year due to COVID-19? What made you realize you had to close?

And also tell us what made your business great: What was it like on its busiest, best day?

Call us at 646 435 7280, or tweet.
— The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast (@BrianLehrer) December 21, 2020

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