Yes, restaurateurs have tacked on surcharges at That’s also helped raise the quality of everything we eat Have been pared down due to sourcing issues, rising foodĬosts, and labor shortages, though in some instances Oases, upped their sanitation game, jettisoned menusįor QR codes, and raised wages to create more equitable They have created lush, landscaped, outdoor The restaurants missed us, too, and reopened with fresh I, and everyone I know, have missed them, but because They have never been more inviting, not only because Optimism, and more spirit and spunk than ever. These days, restaurants have a renewed sense of purpose, Notable newcomers that have had the chutzpah to open for the first time at That have, against all odds, endured, amazingly, there have been numerous Gasped for survival-but it never stopped. Scrub the grease from my oven after setting off the smoke detector.įortunately, as pivot after pivot has proven, Baltimore’s restaurant I hadįorgotten what a delight it is to have someone else do the clearing and theĬleaning and what hard work it is to scrape my old cast-iron skillets and Than my son grabbing a bottle from the basement when I shout, “Can youīring up a bottle of red?”) properly pair a Cabernet with my filet. I hadįorgotten the joy of having an actual sommelier (that is, someone other
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Having a professional cook my food, but having someone to serve it. But I had forgotten the pure pleasure of not only It turns out that eating out is a lot like riding a bike. Tents, and in elegant dining rooms, albeit ones with new HVAC and hand Parklets decorated with festive flowers and vines, in elaborately erected Third or fourth “new normal” phase, I’ve eaten many a meal in plywood Never eat out again, or that I’d forget what the experience was even like.īut restaurants adjusted, and so did I.
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When the pandemic hit, and then wore on, I secretly feared that I’d A career in hospitality has never beenĮasy, but for the past two years, it’s been brutal, and many have abandoned Now, more than ever, I’m inĪbsolute awe of the folks-that’s the chefs, the sous-chefs, the servers, theĭishwashers, the busboys, the bartenders, the hosts-who have made their Those who struggled to keep restaurants afloat. Of course, even dining out was no easy feat this year, least of all for Meal-took its toll, I started to dream about dining out again. Months went by, I had to accept that I’d never perfect the five basic sauces.Īnd as the exhaustion of the daily grind-that is, the making of every
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Wonders of California cuisine), indulging in to-go cocktails, and scrolling foodie accounts on Instagram for inspiration, it was actually novel.īut as spring became summer and faded into fall, and another six In fact, for a moment there, as the pandemic shut down restaurants for indoor dining and I found myself boiling dough for bagels, investing in online cooking classes (thank you Alice Waters for your “MasterClass” extolling the THE BEGINNING, that is to say, somewhere around mid-March 2020, this whole cooking-at-home thing didn’t seem so bad.