Restaurants Should Seek Out Partnerships and Collaborations with Other Industries

I love NYC. I found my success in this city which is struggling amidst the Pandemic. This year, I have watched the news and social media, alongside the restaurant-owned communication channels, share their plight. As such, I made it a point to choose staycations and delivery and braved visits to restaurants when many of my friends would wait to see how I fared and reported back to them.

We all know that diners are much more careful about their outings and selective about how they spend their money. We still want an experience and ambience. Sadly, it’s all starting to feel very transactional, and going out to eat is merely another thing we do to escape for a moment. 

It is time for restaurants to stop trying to get through it to get back to the old way and instead seek out opportunities to invent a new way.

Restaurants need to do more than just offer a meal. Consumers are online watching cooking videos, sommeliers, and educational videos to entertain themselves in some form. We shop…