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How Bars and Taverns Weather the Pandemic

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

July 17, 2020

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As COVID cases rise in the state, bars have proven to be a common thread of new infections among Wisconsinites in their 20s. President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin and a Delavan supper club owner, Chris Marsicano, talks about bar owners' struggle to stay afloat while balancing public health interests.

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