Perhaps there’s some DoorDash effect happening across the country - but from the latest data from OpenTable it’s clear that lockdown cities have devastated their restaurant scenes. (h/t to James Altucher)
Compare the changes from 2020 and 2021 for the same day.
Still abysmal turnout for last weekend in many cities.
Predictable but still so unnecessary. I would guess, by the way, that the abandonment of actually prosecuting people for street crime is also a major factor in these statistics. Nobody wants to risk their lives just to go out for a meal.
And none of this had to happen. So many people’s lives (the owners’, the employees’) ruined.