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This week's top 10: Coronavirus hits the U.S., Chef Gray Kunz dies at 65, virtual restaurant Two Hens franchises

Go Get Em Tiger brings third-wave coffee to LA, Israeli cuisine finds a group of chef advocates in the U.S., The Modern closes for sanitation and more popular news from this week

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

March 12, 2020

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This week, the coronavirus (COVID-19) truly hit the U.S., causing largescale impacts on the restaurant and food world. Out of health and safety concerns, conferences and business travel has been cancelled across the country. Union Square Hospitality Group's restaurant The Modern closed for sanitation after a guest tested positive for coronavirus. The guest who tested positive was none other than Rick Cotton, the head of one of the largest public transit hubs in the country Penn Station. This was the first of many sanitation closures and was later followed by restaurants closing for several weeks in the wake of the pandemic.

Our editor Joanna Fantozzi compiled a list of the most effective tools for restaurants to combat the effects of coronavirus. The items include a 24/7 helpline app, hand sanitation analyzer, a hand scanner showing germs and more.

In non-coronavirus-related news, Chef Gray Kunz who helped introduce Asian flavors to America, died at 65 late last week. Chefs across the country offered stories of Kunz and the impact he had on both their lives and the cooking world on the whole.

See what else was trending on Restaurant Hospitality this week.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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