As someone who has been in the restaurant industry for 17 years (my sister and I run our family's restaurant along with 2 food trucks) this post has nothing to do with a pandemic, or wearing masks. This post is about how awesome they thought restaurant life would be and are now realizing they bit off waaay more than they can chew. This lifestyle is a 24/7 buisiness. Your money invested is technically perishable (food). Food doesn't magically appear in the fridge and good staff that has the same passion as you is HARD to find. I'm sure they figured they'd serve NJ's elite (not considering how needy they'd be) take some pics for the gram... easy peasy, right
Also, in this buisiness you don't even start making money until about year 4, IF your successful, and that's why we see so many restaurants come and go. They also never considered that not everyone likes the NJ C list celebrities they cater too...that destroys buisiness. Do I want Theresa Guidice in my shop? Fuck no...because her and her husband are theives...Tracy "Dimarco" Maloney, who proudly spat on someone publicly? No fucking thanks. You know, the old saying "you're as good as the company you keep"....