New Reservation Policies are the Latest Pandemic Pivot for Restaurants

Chefs and restaurant owners have pivoted endlessly throughout the pandemic; limiting menus, adding partitions between tables and offering takeout. The need to keep changing continues as dine-in service returns, and casual restaurants that rely on high turnover have to figure out how to allow guests to dine in a space with reduced capacity while also having fewer people waiting around. The answer for some restaurant owners is to adapt their reservation policies, from taking...