Why "pop-up" restaurants are everywhere now
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DownloadWe saw five people
already lining up, waiting for me to open
20 people
50 people
I just put my head down and started to work
making tortillas
Boom boom boom boom.
There’s no other way. There’s no other way.
According to the National Restaurant Association, in 2021,
nearly 90,000 restaurants across the US
closed.
The pandemic changed everything.
The restaurant industry was especially vulnerable.
People were unemployed.
They had time on their hands,
but they were also really strapped for cash.
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Key Vocabulary (14)
Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
People refers to a group of human beings or the general public. It is the standard plural form of the word 'person'.
A pandemic is an outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads across a large geographical area, typically multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial portion of the population. It represents the highest level of disease spread, surpassing an epidemic in its scale and reach.
Describes a period or condition of sudden and rapid economic growth, prosperity, or extreme popularity. It is typically used as an attributive adjective to modify nouns related to time, industry, or geography to indicate a highly successful era.
As a verb, to border means to be located directly next to or to share a boundary with a specific geographic area or object. It is also used figuratively to describe a state that is very close to a particular quality or condition, often used with the preposition 'on'.
Used as an attributive adjective to describe things related to professional commerce, trade, or work activities. It distinguishes professional matters from personal, social, or recreational ones.
A restaurant is a public place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises. It typically provides a menu of food and drink options for customers to choose from.
"The restaurant is important."
A group of things or people that are similar in some way. It is used to categorize objects, ideas, or living beings into specific types or sorts.
"The kind is important."
A genre of popular music that usually has a strong beat and a melody that is easy to remember. It is designed to be widely liked and is often played on the radio and in public places.
Grammar in This Video
"These ... these are really good!"
"I worked in fine dining for almost ten years."
"We saw five people already lining up"
"there were 105% more temporary restaurants"
"there were 105% more temporary restaurants, or pop-ups, than there were in 2021."
"There’s no other way."
"started to work making tortillas"
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