Caption: Photo by Zhang Yuyun, reporter of Xinmin Evening News in Wujiaochang Business District (the same below) em>
Since June 29, Shanghai has opened restaurants for dine-in in an orderly manner. How is the recovery in the first weekend just past? The reporter visited some shopping malls in Shanghai’s business districts, and not only felt that the catering industry, as a “drainage artifact”, has obviously driven the recovery of business popularity, but also saw that restaurants are actively implementing epidemic prevention measures and working with shopping malls to “prevent epidemics”.
At 11:00 yesterday, there was an endless stream of people in front of Shanghai Hopson Plaza in Wujiaochang business district. to enter. As soon as I walked into the mall, the familiar horn sounded frequently, and the familiar way of life came back.
According to the reporter’s incomplete statistics, about half of the restaurants in the mall have customers waiting. “Two people? There are still 48 tables in front. It is estimated that it will take two or three hours to wait.” The spicy and fragrant butter pot smell comes from the shop of Pei Jie’s old hot pot, but it is not easy to eat this one. , The clerk told reporters that in order to control the number of diners, the more than 40 tables in the store are currently only half open, so the waiting time is very long.
The Internet celebrity brand Dashu Restaurant, which opened in July last year, also has many citizens waiting in front of the door. While receiving the waiting number, the staff also handed out a menu and a sell-out list. “You can order food first during the waiting period. These are sold out today or the raw materials are not available yet.”
The waiting time for Tai Er Pickled Cabbage Fish is more than half an hour, and the clerk will advise customers Take a stroll in the mall first, follow the queue progress online, and then come to eat. “We serve food relatively fast. There are still thirteen tables in front of us. We can enter the store within an hour.” So I wanted to dine here, but I didn’t expect that the restaurants I wanted to eat were queuing up.” After walking around Hop Sang Hui, Ms. Wu and her family found that the lunch numbers of several popular restaurants had already been issued. After making a few calls, the family decided to go to the grandmother’s house in Bailian Festival Walk for dinner. “I just asked, only their family has a seat, hurry up.”
Not only the Wujiaochang business district, but also some community businesses have also welcomed the passenger flow brought by the opening of dine-in. The private rooms of the Heji Xiaocai Yanji Store in the Small World Community Commercial Center were fully booked for two weekends, and the lobby was turned over several times. If you haven’t seen lamb skewers for a long time in Bauhinia Square, you will have to wait for more than an hour. The staff also suggested that customers who arrive late should order online and take them away to avoid crowds and long waiting times. Many restaurants on Daxue Road open their doors and windows, and the seats on the street are more ventilated. Drinking ice drinks and blowing the breeze is a pleasant time on weekends.
A gentleman carrying a shopping bag for his wife, a child cruising on an electric train, friends and relatives who have a dinner party… Walking in the mall in the past two days, you can feel the obvious increase in passenger flow. Chen Zhenhua, deputy general manager of Bailian Central Shopping Plaza, told reporters that this weekend’s shopping mall passenger flow increased by 40% compared with last weekend. “Compared with the same period last year, it is still down by 20%, but we believe that with the gradual return to normal operations of offline businesses such as gyms and cinemas, the customer flow of shopping malls will soon return to normal.”
Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhang Yuyun