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Off the Avenue: Tina’s Finds Its Place in a Pandemic

A Bushwick diner on Flushing Avenue relies on foot traffic to get by

Off the Avenue: Tina’s Finds Its Place in a Pandemic

Off the Avenue: Tina’s Finds Its Place in a Pandemic

A Bushwick diner on Flushing Avenue relies on foot traffic to get by

Off the Avenue: Tina’s Finds Its Place in a Pandemic
Kitty Corner to Flushing and Wilson Avenue, a neighborhood diner sits amidst the burgeoning crowds of young families and twentysomethings. I’m across the street from the Boar’s Head factory, which continues to dole out fresh deli meats and where hungry drivers still stand around the four hefty wooden tables outside the restaurant. I hold the door for a gentleman in a hurry. Inside the dining room are three booths, which indicate plans to return at a later date. Suddenly, Athina “Tina” Skermo emerges from a back room. She hangs up the phone and greets us both with a warm “Hey honey, what can I get you?”

Aside from Mrs. Skermo, who works seven days a week from 5 am to 4 pm, Tina’s employs a single line cook and a single delivery man on staff. “We…

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