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Washington DC Spanish restaurant Estadio will close in February 2023. The tapas spot, known for boozy slushitos and bocadillos, has a sibling in Charleston.

All opened during (or just before) the pandemic.

The restaurant, which specializes in "micro-seasonal" prix-fixe menus from Estadio's Max Kuller and chef Rob Rubba, has been three years in the making.

Share Many pandemic features are ongoing at restaurants, including streetery seating. Pictured: "chateaus" at Le Diplomate. Photograph by Jeff Elkins Restaurateurs are calling it a “grand reopening”—DC lifts capacity limits and the strictest Covid regulations on bars and restaurants today, May 21. Most notably, indoor dining rooms can be filled to capacity without social distancing, masks are no longer required for vaccinated individuals, bartenders can serve seated patrons at the bar, and a myriad of social activities—from billiards to live music and axe throwing—are now permitted...

Here’s yet another ritual disrupted by the coronavirus: At the end of every year, food writers have to take stock of everything that’s occurred over the past 365 days and come up with some kind of overarching theme to hold together all of the disparate developments. For instance, when I surveyed the scene in December 2019, I was struck by the downsizing occasioned by high rents and staff shortages: I told Eater Charleston that the headline we were most likely to see in 2020 was “Popular chef scraps plans for massive new restaurant; will instead open unmanned small plate vending...