It was one year ago today that indoor dining shut down in Ohio and since then, the food and entertainment industry has been fighting to keep its doors open.

Estimated hundreds of millions in COVID-19 relief funds are expected to be available to Ohio restaurants and concert venues. Local businesses said money is a lifeline, and The Ohio Restaurant Association says it only takes them so far.

"Desperately needed." Leo Delgarbino, Owner of Leo's Ristorante said, "Desperately. We're going on a year now and that's a long year."

Delgarbino plans to put relief funds towards necessities, such as payroll and bills. 

"Anything that's definitely needed," he said, "We're still at 50 percent capacity. We're still at 6 feet apart, but we still have 100 percent of the bills."

Entertainment and food facilities said they may survive with this money, but they won't thrive until restrictions are lifted.

"You can have the greatest day ever, but if you can only get to 60 percent of what you were having before, you don't make much money," President and CEO of Ohio Restaurant Association, John Barker said, "They make money when those businesses are full. These businesses thrive on being full."

Warren Downtown Development hopes President and CEO Mark Marvin said he plans to bring staff back to Robin's Theatre with the funds, but the venue also relies on capacity.

"The only thing that's gonna help us is to really losen those restrictions even more and allow us to go to more of a capacity than the 25 percent or 33 percent for the outdoor," he said, "We really need to get to a 75 percent. We do rely on that theatre to be full capacity."

Another concern brought up by these businesses is the comfort level people will once the health restrictions loosen up but with the vaccine being distributed, businesses said they're optimistic for the coming months.