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Restaurants Adapt To Survive A COVID Winter
Yurts, barns and even igloos or at least an igloo-shaped tent have all become outdoor dining options at restaurants this COVID-19 winter. And Talullah in Cambridge hopes “dining greenhouses” will keep the restaurant rooted until spring.
“I wouldn t say thriving, but I would say that we re still doing OK,” said Conor Dennehy, Talullah’s chef and owner. “We ve been able to operate successfully since we came back into the building. Looks like it s a viable solution to make it through the winter.”
And it’s a bleak winter. Many restaurants are now hibernating in order to survive until spring. Massachusetts restaurants have lost more than $1 billion in sales, and more than 200,000 workers have been laid off or furloughed, according to the Massachusetts Restaurant Association.