How Covid-19 changed everything.
The table-side Turnerâs wedge salad.
I first read a story about Covid-19 in January and made a casual observation to my wife, something along the lines of Hmmm, this thing seems serious. Â
In February a friend and I were embarking on a four-restaurant food crawl and talking about the fate of Asian-American-operated restaurants across Houston. Sales were down dramatically as people avoided these restaurants, primarily because of unfounded and false rumors that the coronavirus was spreading through those establishments.
In early March it seemed inevitable that everything was about to change. By mid-month, all restaurants and bars across Harris County were ordered to close for dine-in service. In the following weeks, operators scrambled to figure out how to work a new reality. I heard the word pivot more times than I could count. I stopped writing restaurant reviews and, instead, focused on pantry items and kitchen equipment. Next came
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FILE - In this May 31, 2020 file photo, visitors make silent visits to organic memorial featuring a mural of George Floyd, near the spot where he died while in police custody, in Minneapolis, Minn. On Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council will decide whether to shrink the city s police department while violent crime is already soaring and redirect funding toward alternatives for reducing violence. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
HOUSTON – The year 2020 was a hard one for all of us, and one of the hardest things is saying good-bye.