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"Opened in late February in Dorchester, this small 19-seat restaurant was forced to pivot to limited takeout and delivery with a skeleton crew; the owner says those operations cannot cover long-term expenses, loan deferments are finite, and reopening under capacity caps might allow only about six diners—making return-to-dine-in potentially unviable. The operator has criticized third-party delivery apps as extracting revenue from already thin margins and warned that he will not risk his life to keep the business afloat." - Terrence Doyle