The Weird Reality of Opening a Brand-New Restaurant in 2020

‘Honestly, we’re barely hanging in there’

Brea Salim
The Bold Italic
Published in
10 min readAug 17, 2020

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A masked waiter talks to a group of people sitting at a table outside, wine glasses in front of them.
Socially distanced wine tasting at Bricoleur. Photo: Kailani Andrade

No matter the time, opening a business requires courage and adaptability. But owners have had to take those qualities and max them out to a whole new level in 2020. We all know how much even well-established restaurants, cafés, and wineries are struggling during the pandemic — what about those…

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