Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Oddly enough, here in the Bay Area (SIP 2.5 weeks in), most restaurants seem open. Take-out is a thing after all.

Travel/conference focused items (hotels, venues, cruises) are much more affected.



A bunch of Portland restaurants found that they were losing money faster by offering takeout versus simply closing their doors completely. Obviously, a number of factors play into whether this is true for any given restaurant but takeout business isn't necessarily a panacea.


That is interesting but probably not indicative of elsewhere.

Portland OR is a bit techy and boogie but even then it has still been hit HARD. The places I frequent all have had drastically reduced hours and business. I haven’t heard of any closed for good but more and more and just on a long hiatus or boarded over...


I live in LA. It's not that different. I did talk to some owners of the restaurants and they said that their revenue is down by around 80% even with takeouts. Most people are not spending money. So it's something, but hardly enough.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: