Brevard’s restaurant owners say they hope for the best this last quarter of 2025, because in many cases, the first three were not so great, thanks in part to tariffs that drove up prices and required wage increases.

, particularly children, in response to the .

So far, at least two restaurants and two food trucks will offer free or reduced-price food starting Saturday, Nov. 1, and representatives of other restaurants say they continue to consider whether to do so.

Garden Party, a plant-based kitchen will collect shelf-stable food to be donated to the according to the owner.

The SNAP suspension could not come at a worse time, restaurateurs agree.

“(This year), we’ve had the lowest numbers we’ve had in the seven years we’ve been open,” . “But that won’t stop us from being generous. It’s

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