ICYMI: Centerport's Blind Bat Brewery Co-Owner Talks Coronavirus

CENTERPORT, NY — Merchants across Long Island were forced to adjust their business models to meet New York State regulations imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Craft beer brewers had to temporarily shutter tasting rooms — a core part of a brewery's business.

Paul Dlugokencky, who co-owns Blind Bat Brewery Bistro & Take-Away in Centerport with his wife, Regina, said sales are "definitely down" as a result of the viral outbreak. To account for tasting room sales lost, Blind Bat has turned solely to curbside pick-up. There was stress related to ensuring his brick-and-mortar store would make it through the challenge, Dlugokencky said.

"That's a thing that kept us up in the middle of the night: uncertainty," he told Patch.

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