How the 6 Major Restaurant Cities Run Their Business During the Pandemic?

America's food capitals have been rocked by a year of ever-changing restaurant restrictions, resulting in droves of shuttered eateries, mass layoffs and staggering revenue loss.

But some cities were hit harder than others due to disparate COVID-19 guidance and restaurant support programs developed by local governments, as well as fluctuations in virus spread and weather conditions across the country. Now that the dust has settled on this confluence of challenges, some questions emerge:  How the 6 Major Restaurant Cities Run Their Business During the Pandemic? What is the dive for the 6 cities? How can we improve the business in 2021? 

Restaurant Dive explores these factors in a six-part article series that spotlights the unique experiences of restaurant markets in Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Washington, D.C., during the biggest crisis the industry has ever faced. 

Seattle 1 year later: Many restaurants are 'just holding water'

Snapshot
Restaurant closures to date: 624 as of September 2020, representing a loss of nearly 20% of Seattle restaurants
Restaurant job losses to date: 49,000 — a 19% drop — for the entire state in 2020
Restaurant revenue losses to date: $4.8 billion (calculated by a change in taxable business income in 2020 for the entire state) 

New York City 1 year later: Restaurants faced a 'one-two punch'

Snapshot
Restaurant closures to date: At least 1,000 as of January, according to Eater NY
Restaurant job losses to date: 122,400, or -48%, from March 2020 to January 2021 
Restaurant revenue losses to date: $10.3 billion, or -59%, from March to November 2020

Los Angeles 1 year later: Restaurants feel abandoned amid 'random' restrictions

Snapshot
Restaurant closures: The number of California leisure and hospitality small businesses open declined by 48.2% between Jan. 2020 and March 3, 2021
Restaurant job losses: 122,700 — a 33.7% decline — in Los Angeles County between Jan. 2020 and Jan. 2021
Restaurant sales loss: Restaurant sales are down 33% the week of March 11 in Los Angeles compared to the same period in 2019

Chicago 1 year later: Winter froze restaurant sales amid strict restrictions

Snapshot
Restaurant and bar closures: About 150, including businesses closed until further notice, as of March 11
Restaurant job losses to date: 158,300, or a 41.8% decline, in January 2021 compared to January 2020 for the leisure and hospitality sector in Chicago/Joliet/Naperville, Illinois
Restaurant revenue losses to date: -64.4% for the city of Chicago’s leisure and hospitality sector as of March 3, 2021, compared to January 2020

Washington, DC, 1 year later: Restaurants hammered by protests, insurrection, and inauguration restrictions

Snapshot
Restaurant closures to date: 124 as of March 19, according to the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. This is a 114% increase compared to closures between March 2019 and March 2020.
Restaurant job losses to date: 28,900 — a 53.8% decline — between Feb. 2020 and Jan. 2021
Restaurant sales losses to date: Sales declined 15.9% between Feb. 28, 2020, and March 14, 2021, according to Upserve by Lightspeed data. 

Miami 1 year later: Sunshine, loose restrictions spark restaurant real estate frenzy

Snapshot:​
Restaurant closures: 10,000 Florida restaurants have permanently closed as of March 11, The Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association estimates. 
Restaurant job losses:  Miami’s leisure and hospitality segment lost 75,600 jobs between January 2020 and January 2021, a 22.3% decline, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Restaurant revenue loss: Miami-Dade restaurants lost $742 million in direct revenue between March and August compared to the same period in 2019, according to Florida International University’s FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management

The business decrease so much, what should we do in 2021. Except for limiting the flow of people, keeping a safe distance, encouraging outdoor dining, but also using the Retekess guest paging system, which can help you keep the safe distance in the restaurant. The customers can stay outside once the pagers prompt them to get the food. It is very popular and widely used at this time. In 2021.3, the sale of the guest paging system is increasing about 30%, due to that many places are restarting the restaurant business, let's wait for the data about the restaurant business in the next quarter.

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