6 | THE PROSPECTOR
Local Restaurants through the Pandemic
KATELYN CHU lifestyles editor
With 2020’s economic scene largely dominated by COVID and its influence, restaurants have not been exempt from the negative impacts including rates of employment dropping and decreased business sales across the country. Restaurant and shop owners have had to adapt in order to stay open and continue operating.
As of January 25th, California’s regional Stay at Home order lifted in Santa Clara County and consequently, more restaurants started opening up. However, this does not erase the millions of jobs in the restaurant and food industry lost due to the pandemic. Though some have recovered in the recent months, across the country, the numbers on employment and sales are not back to the same level as they had been before March of 2020.
