Dining out now: 'A no-show can be a mortal blow to any hospitality business'

In normal circumstances, not honouring a booking is hard on restaurants – but with coronavirus restrictions, it’s a disaster

As Australians slowly start to come back into venues, there’s been a lot of speculation about what the new world of hospitality should look like. I think there are actually two Restaurant 2.0s: one for the restaurants and venues themselves, and another for the people who frequent them. 

Let’s look at the people first. As a city, a society, a nation we’ve desperately missed our bars and restaurants. Sitting at home during lockdown got a bit boring. I’ve come to realise how often my conversations with friends revolved around where we’ve been going and what we’ve been doing. We’ve run out of things to say!

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