we will talk to gianna caldwell.sparino, the restaurant industry itself is seeing the impact of that. charles: the best way to discuss this is to talk to someone who has been doing it for many years. we have the owner of the famed hunted fish called midtown manhattan, this isn't your first rodeo. how big is it? let's talk about that. >> it is improved from when we first opened, it was closed for 15 months, we opened the third week of june 2021. that was challenging. >> challenging to say the least. let's be real clear here. your situated here, 44th between times square and sixth avenue. it was a homeless shelter that housed violent people, felons, drug addict. tell us what it was like the first day you came, you had to check what your property looked like, what did it look like? >> friends of mine with the nypd advised us don't come alone, come in groups of 2 or more and don't stay after dark because the street was dangerous. it was like the night of the living dead. charles: you probably needed one of these? >> woul