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A bartender mixes a drink inside a bar last week in San Francisco. The latest retail sales data out on Friday showed an increase in sales at restaurants and bars as more people venture out amid the continued reopening of the U.S. economy.

Economy

Americans Dialed Back On Retail Therapy — And Spent More Eating Their Feelings

1:51pm May 14, 2021

by David Gura

Retail sales were flat in April from a month earlier as Americans spent less on things such as clothes or sporting goods but increased their spending at bars and restaurants.

Beverly Pickering's pet sitting business cratered during the height of the pandemic. Now, she says, it's booming, and her customers are traveling again.

'So Exciting To Be Working Again': Americans Are Going Out, Boosting Jobs

12:48pm May 06, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Newly vaccinated Americans are spending more freely on restaurants, travel and live entertainment. That should give a boost to pandemic-scarred service industries.

Owner Donald Minerva outside Scottadito Osteria Toscana restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y., which has been closed for indoor dining for two months. The restaurant is reopening at reduced capacity on Valentine's weekend.

New York Restaurants Hope To Avoid Heartbreak On Valentine's Weekend

9:20am February 13, 2021

by Sally Herships

Now that they can reopen for limited indoor seating, restaurants in New York City are hoping customers show up for what's normally a busy holiday.

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Economy

Triad Mayors Seek Federal Assistance For Struggling Restaurants

4:30pm December 01, 2020

by David Ford

Mayors from across the Triad are urging federal support for local restaurants. The pandemic has hit them hard with more challenges ahead as we enter the winter months.

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Yuko Watanabe's biggest pivot was starting to sell plants at her Yuko Kitchen restaurants in Los Angeles.

National

Restaurants Reinvent Themselves For Thanksgiving And Beyond: 'You Just Pivot'

3:59pm November 26, 2020

by Alina Selyukh

A Japanese café sells plants and green-tea pie. An Italian restaurant caters a prime-rib dinner. A steak-and-fries chain delivers free meals for the elderly. "Fight or flight," one manager says.

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A CDC study of 314 adults who had been tested for the coronavirus found that the positive cases were twice as likely to have dined at a restaurant within a two-week period before they started showing symptoms.

Adults With COVID-19 Twice As Likely To Have Eaten At Restaurants, CDC Study Finds

9:32pm September 11, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

The study compared the habits and activities of 314 adults who had been tested for the virus. Positive cases more often reported dining at a restaurant within 14 days before they showed symptoms.

Sidewalk seating has helped boost the sales numbers at Bierwax, a beer and vinyl record bar in Brooklyn, to pre-COVID sales numbers.

National

Indoor Dining Returns To NYC But Restaurants Face Uncertain Fall And Winter

4:26pm September 10, 2020

by Camille Petersen

The city's restaurants and bars, which have been operating outdoors all summer, will reopen to indoor dining on Sept. 30 at 25% capacity. But many owners worry that might not be enough to profit.

Starting Sept. 30, New York City restaurants will be able to open their dining rooms at 25% capacity after being closed for months due to COVID-19.

National

New York City To Resume Indoor Dining, With Restrictions, Later This Month

7:56pm September 09, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

After being delayed in July, reopening is set for Sept. 30, with capacity of only 25%. Patrons must wear masks except while seated and provide information for contact tracing.

People dine under red umbrellas outside Via Carota restaurant in New York City's West Village. As the city continues to reopen, it is allowing restaurants to expand outdoors.

Health & Safety

NYC Restaurants Spill Out Onto The Asphalt To Stay In Business

1:02pm August 18, 2020

by Camille Petersen

Many of New York's streets have come alive with fenced-in dining areas with tables and umbrellas and decorated with flower boxes and hanging plants.

The Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, S.D., draws a crowd earlier this month during the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

How Bars Are Fueling COVID-19 Outbreaks

9:44am August 18, 2020

by Will Stone

To owners of bars and nightclubs, pandemic restrictions on the industry can feel punitive. But there are important differences, virus hunters say, between a bar and a restaurant that serves alcohol.