Zheng Cafe Seattle

"Zheng Cafe is another restaurant that has permanently closed, struggling with the economic impact of reduced foot traffic and uncertainty around the Amazon campus." - Gabe Guarente

"One South Lake Union Chinese restaurant, Zheng Cafe, tells Eater Seattle it received $2,500 from the Amazon fund, along with another grant, but says that money could only really cover past due business expenses, as it worked on a plan to reopen." - Gabe Guarente

"And up in South Lake Union, Zheng Cafe — which features dishes influenced by the chef’s Wuhan, China roots — closed for weeks out of personal concerns, before reopening again, only to see business slow." - Gabe Guarente

"Chef Jing Wetzel shuffles anxiously around the small kitchen at Zheng Cafe, the South Lake Union restaurant she owns with her husband, Greg, which specializes in street food influenced by her native Wuhan, China. It’s Wednesday night, and the place has just reopened after being closed for weeks out of concern for Jing’s family back home, at the epicenter of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak: Her uncle and aunt contracted the coronavirus, and her parents — who live in a separate home and have not tested positive — are currently under quarantine due to local precautions, with food rations dwindling. Even more alarming, the caretaker of the apartment complex her parents live in recently died from the disease." - Gabe Guarente