Restaurants across the country are struggling, and beloved vegan institutions seem to be falling one by one. What’s going on? And can they be saved? We spoke with plant-based restaurateurs from across the country to find out.  
  • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’d be interested to see an analysis with more data.

    Like, the article mentions that 90,000 restaurants closed in the US due to fallout from the pandemic. Then they cherry pick examples of vegan restaurants in three cities, adding up to about just under a hundred closures.

    New York is specifically mentioned as losing forty restaurants in 2022. My cursory research suggested that more than 4500 restaurants closed in New York in 2022, which means that vegan restaurants represent close to 1% of the closures.

    So I guess what I’m interested in is if vegan restaurants are being disproportionately affected by closures. If they make up about 1% of the market then this is something of a non-story. In fact, if they make up more than 1% of the market then that means they’re actually performing above the average. However, I admit that I have no idea how much of the market vegan restaurants actually operate in.