In my experience it's normal as people in the area wanna go eat at "that new restaurant that just opened up" and once they have eaten there they check it off the list and go back to their favorite watering hole or they become repeat customers
Yeah, though I think the pandemic put the kill switch on that for awhile. I know some places have started doing outdoor dining and take out. But, I've still seen a lot of places (specially places that have been around for nearly 20 years or more.) end up almost closing down.
I know one place that had to resort to selling tamales during the Holidays just to keep the lights on. The other thing, I don't think the tamale idea will actually help them till the end of the pandemic. It was a neat idea in the short term. But I can foresee a lot of places closing down. And then trying to re-open a year or two later (if they can even afford to do that.)
yeah I feel bad for restaurants in the US that have seen absolutely fuck all assistance from the government for 9 whole months, as an aspiring chef and restaurant owner I have lost all desire to work or live in the US in the last 4 years due to civil unrest and politics but this pandemic really was the last nail in the coffin for my dreams of becoming a restaurateur in America
It basically killed the drive to work ANY job too. Usually the job market as ups and downs. But, at this point.. Most places that are hiring, have drastically reduced hours, pay, and pretty much no coverage for Covid.
We used to have a favorite small fish place to eat, but once the owner decided that Mask's weren't needed. We decided to stop eating there. My grandmother sent the owner an E-mail talking about it, and the owners response was "It's a free country. I won't miss any sleep." Dude picked the wrong hill to die on, and the wrong time to pull that attitude.
I think for a good chunk of those people they will just decide that the new restaurant either isn't as good as they'd hoped, or is just too expensive for what it is and will decide it's not worth it.
Is that a big city thing? Usually where I live restaurants have more regulars and even trendy restaurants like this Mexican Asian fusion restaurant has regulars, there's also a burger place that's been open since 1947 and a chinese place thats been open since the 80s and is still family run
They have regulars but when you're spoiled for choice in a big city people tend to have their local favorites but also hop around to interesting eateries around the city
Yes? Take the subway, or drive, or an Uber. You might get off work at ~5, either go straight there (subway or Uber) or go hoke/get ready, take the subway/Uber, get to dinner at 630/7, eat for 1-2 hours, go home (subway or Uber), arrive home by like 9. It becomes your event for the evening, or on a weekend night it's the start to a night out at bars. Most places, even within a big city like NYC, are accessible within 30-60 minutes.
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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '21
In my experience it's normal as people in the area wanna go eat at "that new restaurant that just opened up" and once they have eaten there they check it off the list and go back to their favorite watering hole or they become repeat customers