Nadel: Small restaurants will struggle post-reopening due to capacity limits and fear
Phil Nadel · #90 How Startups Can Succeed in a Pandemic 2 · Mar 4, 2025 · at 22:51
Investor Phil Nadel discusses post-lockdown survival prospects with Chris Murphy, the owner of a small Cleveland cafe and creperie.
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“Yeah, once they reopen, Then your capacity of 24 may go down to 12, and it's tough to get by when you only have seating of 12, but more so, I think there's going to be a trend where people are going to continue to be afraid to go into restaurants for some time, and they're already ordering more online, and I think that that is going to continue, and I think small restaurants are going to have a really tough time making it, because sentiment has shifted, And regulations will make it even more difficult.”
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