The James Beard Foundation Announces Winners of 2020 Restaurant Design Awards | Eater

"An East Hampton bakery whose owner was privately congratulated for winning the inaugural Outstanding Design award in the new "Alternative Eating and Drinking Places" category; the notification came amid broader confusion after the awarding body initially said it would not present Restaurant and Chef Awards, told design winners they could share the news in their own PR, then later publicly posted the honorees by tweet. The episode underscored questions about the decision to proceed with design honors while cancelling other awards during a pandemic and amid concerns about nominee withdrawals and systemic bias." - Elazar Sontag