How confident are you in the sector rebuilding post-Covid?
Very, as we have already seen customers flock back to their favourite spots and places getting booked out. The current staff shortage provides a new issue for operators to overcome, but it is great to see demand has returned.
What was the first restaurant or bar you visited after lockdown?
Pergola Paddington.
What three restaurant or bar concepts should we watch out for this year?
I am most excited about
The Seafood Bar opening on Dean Street in Soho. They are a wonderful, organically grown restaurant group from a family of fishmongers from the Netherlands, so I am very excited to taste the food. Their sites have a great vibe and my best friend got engaged in one of their restaurants in Amsterdam, so it holds a special place in my heart.
After months of being caged in the four walls of our homes, we have all been romanticising about going to our favourite bars and pubs, socializing in real-life scenarios with our friends whilst enjoying an ice-cold pint.
Zoom cocktail parties have played their part in carrying our alcoholism through Covid, however the long-awaited easing of lockdown has finally reached our doorsteps. The agony is finally over and pubs have finally reopened, but now we’re all bummed at how hard it is to find a table anywhere.
To all the unorganised students who always end up deciding at the very last minute where to spend a night out, or simply to the spontaneous ones, fellow of the unplanned and unpredicted, always on the verge of discovering new venues, this article is for you.