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		SpicyLemonZest on May 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Atlantic lays off almost 20% of staff A dataset showing that restaurants had zero customers during lockdowns can't possibly be accurate, since they're still open for takeout. I'm sure there's some real trend being exhibited here, but how do we know people aren't just not using OpenTable?

ceejayoz on May 21, 2020 [–]

I'd figured wording like "fill tables" and "restaurant reservations" made it clear enough they were talking about eat-in, not takeout?

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