China News Service, July 1 (Xinhua Daily) reported that the landmark old Chinese restaurant "Jinfeng Restaurant" in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York, was affected by the epidemic and was forced to close from mid-March to the present. Reopening to provide takeaways; Chinatown Commercial Improvement Zone pointed out that the reopening of the iconic restaurant has a great encouragement to the economic restart of Chinatown after the epidemic, leading the active revival of the community.
On the 29th, the Jinfeng Restaurant in Kubei District for more than three months ushered in the first day of resumption of work, erected a shed at the door to provide takeaway; through major mainstream delivery platforms, including Grubhub, Uber Eats, Doordash or Postmates, etc. Order the restaurant's famous dim sum takeaway, and the restaurant also provides Chinatown takeout service south of Spring Street.
Owner Lan Zhaowen said that due to concerns about the epidemic, there are still some employees in the restaurant who dare not come back to work. However, because the customers have not fully returned, the restaurant is currently staffed enough; more than a dozen employees who have resumed work on the same day are on each floor of the restaurant by way of intercom Cooperate to prepare meals for customers.
New York State and the municipal government have expressed concern about the opening of restaurant dinning too soon, which may cause the epidemic to rebound. Restaurant dinning may not be in New York City's plan to restart the third stage; Lan Zhaowen said that even in July according to the original plan The restaurant was allowed to resume dine-in on the 6th, and Jinfeng was not yet ready to welcome customers to dine-in. The safety of diners was the first consideration, and it was not anxious to return to the previous full service.
Since the outbreak of the outbreak in New York in March, the temporary closure of the Jinfeng Restaurant has caused the community to worry about its closure, including mainstream food websites such as Eater and Time Out. They have also published articles, worrying that another established restaurant in Chinatown The new crown epidemic has entered history; now that the epidemic has finally eased and finally restarted, Chen Zuozhou, administrative director of Chinatown Commercial Reform District, said that the reopening of Jinfeng has an index positive significance for the revival of the community: "If Jinfeng does not open the door, it will have a great impact on the community. Big."
In the decades since the opening of Jinfeng, it has been not only the wedding and funeral celebration of the Chinese community, the spring banquet annual meeting of various social organizations, the gathering place of family and friends, but also the must-go restaurants for many foreign diners and tourists to visit Chinatown; many famous politicians come to China Jinfeng is also the first choice for visiting or hosting fundraising meetings.
Chen Zuozhou said that at present, in addition to large restaurants such as Jinfeng, Xiyunlai Restaurant and Yidong Building, there are few large gathering places in Chinatown. Jinfeng is not only a restaurant for Chinatown, but also a tradition reserved by Chinatown. The place of culture; its resumption of work has a very positive encouraging effect on the restart of Chinatown after the epidemic.