Five years after COVID, restaurants are still struggling to find customers. The pandemic prompted changes like QR codes for menus, more outdoor dining and smaller footprints. Michigan added 600 new ...

Before the pandemic, people waited in line for 2 1/2 hours to eat at Two Fish Crab Shack in Bronzeville. But in March 2020, business ground to an abrupt and frightening halt when Gov. JB Pritzker ...

Rising costs, staffing challenges and post-pandemic habit shifts have made late-night fast food harder to justify, but some ...

It’s been five years since Texas shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of businesses suffered — hotels, movie theaters, concert venues, theme parks, and of course, restaurants. In ...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many restaurants to close temporarily or permanently due to restrictions and a decline in customers. Restaurant owners faced challenges such as loss of inventory, staffing ...

Restaurant sales and traffic were already deteriorating in the week before states and cities began closing dining rooms because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new statistics from Black Box ...