How Restaurants Are Dealing With Reopening Whiplash

Business owners are struggling against the backdrop of ever-evolving COVID restrictions.

By Claire Hyman
Executive Chef Erick Williams, owner of Virtue in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
Executive Chef Erick Williams, owner of Virtue in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. photo courtesy: Nolis Anderson
Executive Chef Erick Williams, owner of Virtue in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
Executive Chef Erick Williams, owner of Virtue in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. photo courtesy: Nolis Anderson

How Restaurants Are Dealing With Reopening Whiplash

Business owners are struggling against the backdrop of ever-evolving COVID restrictions.

By Claire Hyman
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The Delta variant surge leaves restaurants and bars between a rock and a hard place: Keep going as usual and risk infecting customers and staff, or bring back restrictions and lose business. Reset checks in with a business owner to see how they’re handling a touch-and-go reopening process.

GUEST: Erick Williams, owner and executive chef at Virtue restaurant & bar