The Washington State Hospitality Association reported 2,369 restaurants closed in the first nine months of 2020. Author: Drew Mikkelsen Updated: 8:29 PM PDT June 30, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. — Sandy Hall had a bad feeling in the early days of the pandemic. “I was just like, ‘Something’s wrong and it’s never going to be the same again,'” she said. Hall was the co-owner of Olympia’s Dillinger’s Cocktails & Kitchen, a bar where it was hard to get a table Friday night, March 13, 2020. “All of a sudden people started canceling, canceling, canceling,” Hall said. “By the time Sunday morning rolled around we had two people for brunch.”