Off The Menu: Restaurants face challenges this holiday season
Updated Dec 12, 2020;
If there’s one thing that most any restaurant owner wants for Christmas this year, it’s some good news.
Ten months of scrambling to survive have left nerves frayed and financial resources depleted, and, while the rollout of apparently effective vaccines offers eventual hope, the near term outlook is admittedly bleak.
With the arrival of winter and a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases over the last several weeks, the business climate for restaurants has once again become challenging. Cold weather has reduced the feasibility of outdoor dining, and necessary public health measures have, in many jurisdictions, resulted in new indoor capacity restrictions.