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Seattle (city proper) has had 624 restaurants and bars permanently close since the pandemic started in March - that's almost 20% of the total restaurants and bars in the city.
Can't find any hard numbers for Chicago --- there are lists out there of restaurants that have closed, but they're all trendy/gourmet/well-renowned places in the neighborhoods near downtown and on the north side, and I'm imagining the rates of restaurant closures are higher in the poorer/ethnic neighborhoods.
As of July, 1,000 of the 17,000 restaurants in the state of Michigan had closed permanently. If that rate of closures from March through July stayed constant ever since, there would be about 2,250 closures by today, or 13% of Michigan's restaurants. In Arizona by that same time, 9% of restaurants had closed, which extrapolates to 20% today. In California: 2.7% in July, extrapolated to 6.1% today.
I would imagine New York. New York restaurants notoriously close even without a pandemic/recession
I don't know percentages, but there is a very noticeable amount of food related commercial vacancies all over Manhattan, a huge increase since last year at this time.
Very sad to see and I hope things come back full force once Covid is behind us. I know I will be supporting restaurants as much as I can when we are in a better place.
I would imagine New York. New York restaurants notoriously close even without a pandemic/recession
Yeah Chinatown is vacant there’s nothing open everything is shut down and hardly anyone walking around. I noticed long lines of people I presume to get some sort of assistance. Don’t know if any other cities are hit this hard but it’s sad.
I don't know percentages, but there is a very noticeable amount of food related commercial vacancies all over Manhattan, a huge increase since last year at this time.
Very sad to see and I hope things come back full force once Covid is behind us. I know I will be supporting restaurants as much as I can when we are in a better place.
Yeah, NYC has been hit very badly by this, and anecdotally from what I’ve seen, Manhattan seems to be suffering the most. Maybe due to the higher rents and loss of commuting workers and tourists?
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Yep, and bars will likely have gone at least a year being closed when all is said and done.
I predict that rise of Chain bars owned by big corporations
Sadly, I think the same thing... and that would be absolutely devastating. Just like your basic suburban strip mall restaurants with no originality.
Yeah, NYC has been hit very badly by this, and anecdotally from what I’ve seen, Manhattan seems to be suffering the most. Maybe due to the higher rents and loss of commuting workers and tourists?
I would assume another component is the smaller retail/restaurant spaces in Manhattan, and not having the patio space or heating capacity to get through the winter months? I did see photos of temporary outdoor seating in parking lanes, etc, but not sure how much it panned out.
Just a guess, but I'd assume restaurants with space to spread out and establish a heated patio are faring better at this point in the pandemic. Especially if they're in a climate with mild winters. Or maybe its a moot point as people in general are choosing to stay home, regardless of the seating options at their local food spot.
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