How Restaurants Are Dealing With Reopening Whiplash

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

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.

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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