I wanted to check out Cabra, the rooftop restaurant from Top Chef Winner Stephanie Izard, who had a number of other places nearby. Now, those spots, and others across the country, are feeling the bite of COVID-19. And, the February number was already lagging from 2019, indicating that even without COVID-19, a restaurant contraction was on its way. The Independent Restaurant Coalition, which is lobbying Congress for a $120 billion aid package, said that 2.5 million restaurant jobs had been lost since the pandemic began. Boka, founded in 2003 by Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz, has always been considered one of Chicago’s best-financed independent restaurant groups.

Source: Forbes September 06, 2020 16:41 UTC