“The world just came crashing down,” he said.
Before Lledó could open his businesses back up to the public in June, he said he offered Zoom cooking classes and virtual tasting events online.
But, still, Lledó says he’s been forced to take things month by month.
Lledó has had to lean heavily on the success of Xiquet because the business model for Slate has not been fruitful during the pandemic.
“A wine bar is a different concept,” he said. “It’s meant to have like 40 people at the bar having small bites, small plates. That concept, right now, of bar life does not exist.”