Local business drops in new stadium’s first year
By Andrew Lampard November 19, 2009
Photo Credit: Andrew Lampard
It was the top of the sixth inning in the first game of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies and Joe Bastone’s Yankee Tavern was at half-capacity.
The start of the game had been better. “It was busy, not crazy,” said Bastone, 52, the owner and president of the famous Bronx bar and restaurant. Considering the current economic climate, the bar’s crowd may have been a surprise. But this was no ordinary baseball game. Read the full story
