Milwaukee businesses held on better than expected during pandemic, but the 'new normal' remains a challenge
In July 2020, the Bartolotta Restaurants group cautiously unlocked the doors of Ristorante Bartolotta in Wauwatosa.It was the first of the group's ...
In July 2020, the Bartolotta Restaurants group cautiously unlocked the doors of Ristorante Bartolotta in Wauwatosa.It was the first of the group's properties to open after the coronavirus pandemic shut down dining rooms across Wisconsin four months earlier. Two years later, Bartolotta is still settling into what restaurant operators across Wisconsin are calling a new kind of normal. Bartolotta's Rumpus Room in downtown Milwaukee and Pizzeria Piccola in Wauwatosa remain closed. And the group's remaining 17 restaurants and catering sites haven't reopened seven days a week.