Dave Chang, a restaurateur and host of that really good Netflix show Ugly Delicious, asked people living in "Taipei, Hong Kong, Korea, China" to share what restaurants looked like now that they've reopened in those places:
The thread got really good and might offer some perspective on how the US could handle reopening restaurants:
In most restaurants, tables are marked off to follow social distancing rules:
Every other table is used:
This is what a Starbucks in Hong Kong looks like:
And this is how people waited for their orders in Shenzhen, China:
In some places, like at this chain restaurant in Beijing, the tables are farther apart than before:
This lunchroom in Taipei, Taiwan, is sectioned off:
At this restaurant in Hong Kong, they installed guards between booths:
In other places, they're also taking temperatures at the door:
At this McDonald's in Beijing, you have to check in with your name and phone. The temperatures of the workers who prepared your food are marked on the takeout containers:
Here's another McDonald's, in Hong Kong, where you get your temperature read before you're allowed in:
In virtually every restaurant, the people preparing your food are wearing masks:
And most obviously, hand sanitizer is everywhere:
At this restaurant in Shanghai, your entire body gets disinfected before you enter:
And one last thing because I thought this was cool — here's a restaurant in Beijing that uses a robot to deliver food: