Now What?: Predicting the Future of Restaurants in America

September 01, 2020 Admin 0 Comments

The pandemic has decimated the restaurant industry as we know it — will it be rebuilt to be more equitable, or will it stay broken?

The pandemic has decimated the restaurant industry as we know it, exposing its fault lines and inequities…

Now What?

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Credits

Editorial lead: Erin DeJesus
Creative director: Brittany Holloway-Brown
Development: Vince Dixon
Editor: Matt Buchanan
Contributors: Kathryn Campo Bowen, Monica Burton, Brenna Houck, Nick Mancall-Bitel, Rebecca Flint Marx, Meghan McCarron, Jaya Saxena, Elazar Sontag, Lesley Suter, Jenny G. Zhang
Illustrator: Simone Noronha
Photographers: Michelle K. Min, Clay Williams
Copy editors: Emma Alpern, Rachel Kreiter
Engagement: Milly McGuinness, Adam Moussa
Project manager: Ellie Krupnick
Special thanks to: Sonia Chopra, Madeleine Davies, Amanda Kludt