Biting cold puts a freeze on restaurant business

By The Associated Press

Published January 30, 2014 6:12pm ET

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Biting cold puts a freeze on restaurant business — In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 photo, customers eat lunch at Bonbon Pastry and Cafe in Cleveland. Single-digit temperatures across the U.S. and record snowfalls in the Midwest since the beginning of January have put the freeze on businesses that rely on walk-ins and appointments. At the cafe in the city's Market Square district, this past weekend was especially slow with whiteout conditions making going outside unappealing for customers. (AP Photo) | AP

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The homemade matzo ball and beef barley soups are lost on customers walking into Rascals’ NY Deli — because there just aren’t very many of them.

“After it starts getting really cold and the sun goes down, the people don’t want to come,” said Randy Smith, manager of the restaurant in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash.

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