The Secret Restaurateur

Each month, our anonymous restaurant owner lifts the lid on life in the hospitality business. Today, they write about a Christmas full of uncertainty and stress

Our anonymous restaurant owner lifts the lid on life in the hospitality business

So here we are, at the beginning of Reopening 2.0. The move was spun by politicians as some sort of Sophie’s choice between allowing households to meet up over Christmas, or allowing restaurants to serve indoors.

It seems they chose us, though households didn’t really lose either. It’s all good news, except for one hefty catch - senior government figures conceded that it was likely that restrictions would be reapplied in the new year. In ...