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12 unexpectedly great things to come out of food in the disaster that is 2020
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The Naem Khao Tod (Crispy Curry Rice) at Intu-On, a Thai food pop-up at Birba wine bar in Hayes Valley in S.F.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
It’s been a brutal year for the restaurant industry, with many establishments closing for good while others continue to fight for survival. Workers have faced layoffs and furloughs. Owners have turned into activists, lobbying the government for financial aid.
The lack of assistance makes optimism for the Bay Area’s restaurant scene difficult, but the year has also shown that locals know how to adapt in a crisis often with delicious or heartwarming results. Pop-ups came out in full force, and food and wine once primarily accessed through restaurants became more widely available to the home cook (and drinker, too). The unending crises prompted much-needed conversations around race and equity, and although those are topics that were present