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Aug 2020
Harrogate restaurants fully booked for final week of government scheme
As the eat out to help out scheme enters its fourth week, restaurants in Harrogate have said its been "massively helpful".
The scheme has ran throughout August offering diners an incentive to support local restaurants Monday to Wednesday.
Several of the local restaurants have reported huge increases in bookings, many getting booked up quickly. The scheme is also said to have this has encouraged new visitors who may otherwise have never come out.
Lydia Hewitt-Craft, supervisor at So! Bar and eats Harrogate, said:
Nertil Xhallo, manager at Sarando on Station Bridge, said:
The scheme will continue this week and into next week's bank holiday morning.
The hope is that customers will continue to support these restaurants after the offer is removed.
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Sara Ferguson, acting chair of Harrogate BID and owner of two Harrogate restaurants, said:
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