Restaurants in LA’s Koreatown and San Gabriel Valley are seeing declines in customers since the outbreak of COVID-19. Eater reports that the Chinese restaurants they’ve spoken to report 30-70% drops in business. As for Koreatown, a single rumor spread like wildfire online that targeted five Korean restaurants for having been exposed to someone with COVID-19.
Business declines for Korean and Chinese restaurants in wake of coronavirus
Korean food. Credit: Pixabay.
Credits
Guest:
Matthew Kang - editor of LA Eater
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Sarah Sweeney,
Michell Eloy,
Amy Ta,
Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir,
Rosalie Atkinson,
Brian Hardzinski,
Angie Perrin