Entire food hall goes into winter hibernation

About 17% of America's restaurants have already permanently closed this year, with thousands more on the brink according to a new report.

The National Restaurant Association is publicly pleading with Congress to pass new stimulus to help the industry that has been damaged by the pandemic. The group said Monday that 10,000 restaurants could close in the next three weeks, in addition to the 110,000 that have already shuttered in 2020.

[Per CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/08/business/restaurant-closures-coronavirus/... ]

But we can’t have further lockdowns. It will irreparably harm small businesses!

Well, our current course of action is irreparably harming businesses and restaurants. What if our approach has been exacerbating both a preventable public health disaster and an avoidable economic mass casualty event?

When they reopened in whatever phase allowed it, the hours where only for dinner. This seemed odd as there's still a business lunch crowd and all the people working from home in the simcity complexes would also be their target demo.

Oh well. The place is expensive (very expensive) but I look forward to it returning.