TJ's owner 'shaking' as Barstool Sports calls with COVID funding relief

By: Hadley Barndollar, Portsmouth Herald

PORTSMOUTH – While working at her bar one night last week, Bethany Hayes' phone lit up with an unexpected FaceTime call. 

"Nuh uh," Hayes exclaimed, staring at Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, on her screen. 

Having applied to be a recipient of the Barstool Fund, the owner of TJ's Food and Spirits knew what the call meant – that her sports bar would be guaranteed to see the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Portnoy's Barstool Fund has raised close to $30 million to support small business owners across the country. So far, the fund has selected 176 businesses to help, Portsmouth's own TJ's now joining the list. 

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