Winter Is Coming: Chicago Restaurants & Bars Innovate, Diners Adapt
WDCB’s Gary Zidek chats with Chicago magazine dining editor Amy Cavanaugh about the some of the innovations she’s seen in the local dining community.
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“A lot of places are trying to get innovative, especially as winter is on the way and it’s hard to imagine that things will get too much better on this front until springtime.” - Chicago magazine dining editor Amy Cavanaugh talking about the creativity she’s seeing from Chicago restaurants and bars that navigating the current situation.
Chicago magazine dining editor Amy Cavanaugh
It’s been a tough year for Chicago-area restaurants and bars coping with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their collective outlook improved slightly over the summer when certain restrictions were eased and indoor dining, at a very limited capacity, was allowed again. But local establishments seemed to be taken aback a couple weeks ago, when Governor J.B. Pritzker rolled back some of those rules, reinstituting the ban on indoor dining in the Chicago-area. As the weather gets colder, outdoor dining may become less attractive to some. But a number of local dining and drinking establishments are innovating with different concepts involving food trucks, take-out options and subscription packages, as they attempt to survive until we can get back to quote-unquote normal.
Photo credit: Kevin Conway
