The Pandemic Restaurant

After many months of home cooking and mixed success with baking experiments, most of us are really looking forward to meeting up with a group of friends for a tasty meal in a restaurant. Having been deprived of these types of social gatherings – and similarly a romantic candlelit dinner for two – even allowing for the requisite Covid restrictions, returning to restaurant dining holds huge appeal for many.

But the question remains, how do eating establishments respond to the “new way” of eating out, as we must adapt to a world where the Covid strain will most likely never fully disappear from our lives? Add to this that some people have become much more conscious of contact, space and hygiene – adding a new layer to the restaurant experience.

When it comes to restaurant design, Covid’s impact is probably broader than just how we plan our dining places,  it will also have affected how we design them and what materials we use.

While some people will revert to life as normal…