I read an article that said that 60% of New York City restaurants in September could not pay the rent. I don’t think these employees have to quit, I think restaurants are being put out of business by government.
I can’t imagine how bad it has been for downtown Houston restaurants. The building I worked in went down to 5% occupancy last year. Just half the people being gone on Fridays made for a bad day in downtown restaurants. A lot of these were family businesses mostly open only for lunch. Anything else was just not worth the time.
Probably true in NYC and SF...everywhere else demand is through the roof though