A five-alarm fire burned San Francisco’s first Nigerian restaurant, Èkó Kitchen, to the ground in July 2020. Founder and chef Simileoluwa Adebajo, who had just moved into the building a week before to resume her original takeout and delivery-only model as the pandemic raged around her, lost everythi.
In 2022, while we expect ghost kitchens and convenient gourmet condiments and snacks to continue to rise, we are also expecting the return of restaurants, especially those focused on previously under-represented food traditions and ingredients.