Harvey's Restaurant and Bar adds $1 'Cuomo chips' the menu after the state requires patrons to order food if they want to buy alcohol; co-owners Matthew Bagley and Adam Humphrey join 'Fox & Friends.'
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Steve, listen to this. A New
York pub is making headlines for
its tongue in cheek response to
the states latest. Reopening
regulation,
Harveys Restaurant and BAR in
Saratoga Springs offering their
customers Cuomo chips for one dollar as
they work to stay in compliance
with the governors rule which
bans bars from selling alcohol
without food.
Joining us right now are the
pubs owners, Matthew, Begley and
Adam Humphrey,
guys good morning to you
good morning
good morning.
How are you
Steve were doing? Okay,
Matthew, you know this has
gotten. Cuomo chips has gotten
a lot of publicity.
This was tongue in cheek to
start right,
yeah
we were just initially just
we had to come up with something
to remain compliant and also
just kind of to poke fun at the
policy, and now, a couple days
later here we are interviewing
with you on Fox AMP, friends,
Steve and the policy Matthew
is. If somebody is going to order
an alcoholic drink, they have to
also order food at the same
time right,
yeah,
Steve, okay,
so you figured you know what
somebody is not going to. You
are a restaurant already
yeah.
We have been a restaurant since
Harveys opened in twenty fourteen
Steve all right,
so Adam tell us about the
reaction from the folks who
frequent harveys
I mean initially when we
came up with the name for it. It
was pretty much like he said,
just kind of lighten the blow of
the new rule we had to follow.
It got some pretty good feedback
from our bar regulars and
restaurant guests came in and
thoughts it with a funny
kind of lighten the blow that
they had to buy. Another food
item like they already ate
somewhere else and came in and
wanted just to buy a pint of
beer or something, but they now
have to buy food
every bar they go to
so yeah
I mean the reaction has been
pretty good.
I mean its been pretty mellow,
I would say
so. Ultimately, Matthew has
been very successful because I
understand you ran out of Cuomo
chips.
Be careful. This has been
devastating to your business.
Last thing you want is for the
governor to shut you down,
because you are not in
compliance with that law.
Absolutely
and the issue is that we have
been having we are compliant.
The restaurant socially
distanced
got those sanitary stations.
I am absolutely over policing
people in regards to wearing
mask
other hurdle to jump over.
You know its been a little
difficult
will
Steve yeah
like I said, we ran out of the
potato chips, so there is a
positive there,
Steve Adam the governor, said
yesterday, unless people start
socially distancing at bars,
because there are a number of
bars here in the New York City
area.
You are up in springs where
people are shoulder to shoulder
and there is no social
distancing and they are not
wearing masks.
They are not talking about what
you are doing, because when you
see people who are too close or
not wearing a mask, what do you
do
were throwing them out
Steve just like that
literally throwing them out?
Perfect example. Is we had a
larger party that came in
recently and we had to go up and
we had to manage them and be
like you have got to wear your
mask when you are walking
around
its our livelihood.
You know
its our liquor license
its everything to us
Steve real quickly. What has
the pandemic done to your
business?
I mean initially we closed
down for three months.
You know we missed Saint
Patricks Day, which is a big
blow, and we had to wait until we
got federal relief.
So after that three months it
was sort of a slow crawl.
We are very fortunate that we
have a very large space to work
with.
We have outdoor seating
available and enough space that
we can socially distance without
losing too many tables.
Okay,
but the biggest hurdle really is
just compliance and making sure
that people follow the rules
that we are trying to so hard to
enforce
Steve right,
thats, why you are selling Cuomo
chips and get them this
afternoon. Folks,
theyre getting another big
delivery.
Transcript generated on 2020-07-21.