Great Plates Delivered keeps local restaurants open, delivers meals to seniors

In the summer of 2020, Rosa Elena Rivera was fast approaching the end of her rope. She’d had to close her restaurant, Golden State Grill in the Excelsior, twice since the city banned indoor service to stall the spread of the coronavirus.

Over in Stonestown, 86-year-old Arlene Silverman has a chronic disability and lives alone. She can’t cook at home or get out to shop, so she was relying on low-cost, convenience foods like frozen pizza or pasta brought in by her caregiver.