Jennifer Shaffer and her husband, Robert, took over Deano’s Italian restaurant a decade ago in downtown Dublin, Georgia, steps from the Laurens County Courthouse. The Culinary Institute of America graduates have operated several restaurants in the Dublin area since they moved to Georgia in 2008. But Deano’s, she said, “always held its ground.”
In April, WABE spoke with Shaffer about the decision to reopen their restaurant after the coronavirus lockdown. Four months later, Shaffer said they’re weathering their lowest point.
The roller coaster of the pandemic has brought the local business community even closer together, she said in an August interview. “I feel like we’ve gotten through so much. We’ve all stood together. I buy local, she buys local, the next local business owner buys local,” she said.
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