Can the Restaurant Industry Be Saved?

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4. I believe there will be significant changes in the restaurants that re-open.

Those that operate 50% capacity will have to go to a reservation system. That is if the place was running at more than 50% capacity before C-19. Would you go to a restaurant, find it was crowded and choose to wait outside for a table?

Would you go to a restaurant at all, given the risk that will come from inevitable contact with staff and other patrons? Will your wait staff be given time off with pay if they are sick? Or will they cough on your bacon and eggs on the way out the kitchen?

If the place must run on 50% capacity, how much will the prices have to be raised in order to "cover the nut."

How many will be able to open in the first place, given that they haven't paid rent or mortgage or utilities in the past months?

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Now some of these problems are peculiar to restaurants. Other small businesses may be able to open and operate more easily.