Doug Trattner on the popularity of pandemic pop-ups
They can help shuttered places open again and also save new concepts money. Author: Doug Trattner Updated: 9:59 PM EST March 5, 2021 CLEVELAND — The restaurant industry was flattened last year thanks to COVID-19, but coming in to jump-start some spots? The pop-up. It's not a new idea, but something the three pop-up starters we talked to say it's exploding in popularity because it saves money they'd otherwise spend on just running a kitchen, along with breathing life into other shops recently forced to close. "I think a lot of people are seeing opportunity t...