Just one more in a long string of TELs from COVID.
So many places locally, non-chain, are doing cost cutting stuff. Replacing basic ingredients, going for cheaper foodstuffs (bulk white rice instead of angel hair pasta)... can already count on two hands places I used to go that have closed down this year. And this is a small area, so the repercussions will last for a while.
And yet, so many anti-maskers and anti-vaccine people...