American restaurants are famine or feast right now.
Global data show that in 2020, facilities in blue cities faced with both excessive COVID-19 restrictions and violent protests There are not enough people to
According to the same source, the Sun Belt of Florida, Texas and Arizona His boomtown is busier than ever, and restaurant business is booming significantly this year }
The gap between the two is staggering.
According to OpenTable, the average number of people he eats per day in the city of Minneapolis in July decreased by 54.3%. That means less than half the number of people eating out in Minneapolis compared to July 2019.
Worst recovery of any city in the world tracked by a restaurant reservation service.
Meanwhile, Florida accounts for four of the top six fastest-growing cities in the United States, with the average number of people dining out in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Naples and Tampa That's almost a 30% increase from his July. From 2019 to July 2022.
"Minneapolis needs to clean up that act," said Greg, a Minnesota businessman who owns Greg's Saloon Wilde in Minneapolis. His Mr. Urban told his Fox News told Digital.
He also runs his three themed nightlife his hotspots in Austin, Texas. Pensacola, Florida. and Lakeland, Florida.
Minneapolis has enacted his two-year nasty executive order lockdown policy beginning March 2020. The
order included two extended takeout-only periods of his statewide. Restaurant Options for Spring 2020 and Winter 2020-21
It was lifted in February after being confronted. Last year I almost voted to stop funding the police. In the midst of a massive crime surge
"We are being killed in Minneapolis," Urban said. "People don't feel safe. They don't feel safe coming to Minneapolis. This is a public safety issue right now."
The bottom 10 cities struggling to recover are San Francisco (-45.9%). ), Portland (-45.2%), Seattle (-40.8%), Philadelphia (-39.2%),New York City (-37.9%), St. Louis (- 28.2%), Washington DC (-27.3%), Baltimore (-24.9%), Chicago (-22.8%).
By contrast, many cities across the country are thriving, with Florida in particular significantly outstripping the number of people dining out in 2019.
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Sin City is followed by Fort Lauderdale (+34.0%) and Miami (+32.8%). ), Austin (+27.3%), Naples (+25.4%), Tampa (+22.3%), Nashville (+19.2%), San Antonio (+18.6%), Scotts Dale (+18.0%), Phoenix (+14.3) as top 10 cities with a booming restaurant scene this summer.
It's a sample of about 20,000 restaurants that provide OpenTable with information about all inventory in a state or metropolitan area with more than 50 restaurants on it," the reservation service told Fox News Digital.
"We are off to race in Florida," said salon owner Urban.
His own experience mirrors the data presented by OpenTable.
Business in his two hotspots in the Sunshine State increased by about 30% compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019, while in Minneapolis he declined by "over" 50%. Did.
He opened Austin in his 2021, so there is no pre-pandemic data to compare.
Florida he said. Entire countries flocked to Florida and flocked to Texas to escape lockdowns.
"Even Democratic politicians went to Florida," he added.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was photographed partying in Miami in January 2022 without a mask176} On the other hand, he advocates lockdown policies and mandatory masks and jabs at home. States — and other locations nationwide.
New York City alone saw about {88 4,500 restaurants have closed, according to the New York State Restaurant Association
And Andrew Riggie of the New York City Hospitality Alliance told Fox News Digital.
"Certainly, some [COVID] policies made sense and some didn't make sense or lasted too long," Lizzie said.
"There was a lot of frustration with the constant changes in city, state and federal regulations. It was a crazy situation," he said.
Sun State via Chandan Khanna/Getty Images.
"Florida quickly returned to normal, avoiding the harsh lockdowns seen elsewhere in the country," said Jeff Luebkeman, spokesman for the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association. he told Fox News Digital.
“The public policies enacted by, and in some cases led to, [Ron] DeSantis Governor have attracted many people and many businesses here. It created a sense of buoyancy and a sense of being able to love life in Florida normally.”
The dining scene in the Sunshine State Enjoy the state's thriving dining scene, fueled not only by an influx of new residents and new businesses moving in, but by the growing appetite of locals.
Major Food Famous New York City eateries such as her Carbone and her ZZ Sushi Bar in her group will remain open in 2021 as pandemic restrictions tighten elsewhere. We opened stores in Florida for each brand.
Chicago's casual dining outpost Portillo's Hot Dogs is one of many others that have moved as well.
The few eateries in blue cities that have survived onerous lockdown policies, mandates and moves to defund the police still face a long way to go.
The average Seattle restaurant has an average of $160,000 in debt to weather the pandemic, and this is his Equivalent to three years of profit," reported The Washington. Hospitality Alliance.
Minnesota's numbers are even worse.
"About two-thirds of restaurants were in debt during his COVID period, and the average he had was $500,000," said Ben Woggs, spokesman for Hospitality Minnesota Rand he told Fox News Digital.
He said he was "not surprised" by the slow recovery in Minneapolis.
Business travelers have yet to return to the city, he noted, while public safety concerns remain.
The state's restaurant industry currently employs 25,000 fewer employees than it did in 2019, he said.
Government officials touted various so-called remedies for the restaurant industry. In fact, they proved Boondoguru.
The Biden administration offered her a $26.8 billion restaurant revitalization fund in 2021. However, 72% of applicants got $0 from the program. to the Small and Medium Business Administration.
"David Chan's Momofuku and his group, who run fine dining restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Toronto, fattened themselves with $6.9 million in taxpayer cash through a fund,"
140} reported the New York Post. Last year,
migrant entrepreneur Maria Morillo, who runs a pizzeria in a Manhattan housing project, received just $1,816.38 from her endowment. that she received the funds.
"I am disappointed," Morillo told the Post at the time.
"We are trying to run a small business here, but they don't care about us at all."
