Goodbye to the Triangle Restaurants That We Loved and Lost This Year
2020 in Review: Goodbye to the Triangle Restaurants That We Loved and Lost This Year Illustration by Annie Maynard It did not have to be this way. In early April, it became apparent that restaurantsâreliant on foot traffic, mingling, and all the intimate, communal elements of public life that weâve had to give up this yearâwere going to suffer during the pandemic. We bought gift cards and T-shirts. We pledged to get takeout. But without federal and municipal relief, it was always going to be impossible for restaurants to continue to pay overhead costs and make payroll. And ...