Writer Andrew Genung discusses the view from the ground on the Eater Digest podcast
Andrew Genung: Oh, 30 seconds. Got to go back to the Opium Wars for this.
There are some pro-Beijing Hong Kongers, obviously, who are, embraced the mainland and think this is a great idea. But the protesters fall in that camp of, this is not so great and we’re a little nervous. Amanda Kludt: And there’s also this thing where restaurants are identifying, whether they like it or not, as pro or anti protestors, right? There’s a guide or an app that will tell you which side they’re on.
Shake Shack is, they have two locations and both are in really fancy malls. So I think that they have been sort of buffered, they’re not on the street, so they haven’t been targeted as such. And maybe people just don’t know them as much as Starbucks being associated with maxims. But they’re definitely blue on the map.
Daniel Geneen: What about restaurants that are trendy, sceney restaurants? Are they invested in this kind of thing too, or are they able to stay out of the game? And he said during the protests, business was already off 20% or more, and now they’re looking at another 30% off. And so he said, basically you’ve got to be a great operator, or be located far away from the centers of things, or you’re going to be having a lot of problems.
Amanda Kludt: So now with Coronavirus, what is the situation? You were on a vacation or a trip here to the US, and that’s when it kind of all blew up. And now the flights are getting canceled.
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