Out of Flour? Try the Local Wine Bar

It makes total sense that local businesses are getting creative to both serve their customers’ needs and stay afloat in uncertain times, from The New York Times.

Where there was once a collection of plants and a dart board above the wooden counter at Glou + Glick, a wine bar in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, there is now a shiny new shelf stocked with pancake mix, kosher salt, tomato paste and hand soap.
The items are for sale.

Glou + Glick is not alone. Many restaurants in Brooklyn, most of which have ended full-menu takeout services, are continuing to order raw ingredients and pantry items from their suppliers to resell them to locals.
It is a pandemic pivot that makes sense when grocery stores have long lines and dwindling selections.

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