Atlanta’s Food Service Industry Already Feeling Coronavirus Impact, Braces For More

Some restaurants have already chosen to close temporarily, some are limiting hours, and others are only doing take-out orders.

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As the city of Atlanta limits the number of people allowed in bars and restaurants, people who work in the food service industry are worried about what comes next.

Some restaurants have already chosen to close temporarily, some are limiting hours, and others are only doing take-out orders. That hits workers hard.

“It’s been a little bit scary,” said Lizzie Powell, a server and bartender at a typically very busy restaurant. She said, by the beginning of this week, it had started feeling like a ghost town.