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Restaurants in D.C. hope to use bubble tents, or igloos, to keep diners eating outdoors as temperatures plummet this winter.
For many working in the food industry, restaurants are not just a place of work. Coworkers are like family.
Saying goodbye to some of those family members was one of the most difficult parts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tonic at Quigley’s Managing Partner Jeremy Pollok said. Tonic laid off about 75 percent of its employees in mid-March, cutting its staff down to about 25 people.
“You get really close with people and then all of a sudden – I’ve never seen anything like it, people are just gone,” Pollok said.