A Palo Alto Chinese Restaurant Is on the Verge of Closing Due to Coronavirus-Related Losses | Eater SF

"A three-year-old Sichuan restaurant in downtown Palo Alto, Taste specializes in numbingly spicy dishes like Chongqing xiao mian. It hasn’t been selling much lately: owner Sandy Liu told Palo Alto Online the restaurant had less than $600 in total sales this past Monday, with dine-in business down 80–90% and deliveries down about 50% since coronavirus fears began, leaving the restaurant on the brink of permanent closure and possibly closing as soon as this week; Liu says, "Basically nobody is dining out — for my restaurant, a Chinese restaurant. Who can afford to keep losing money every day?" - Luke Tsai