Over the past few months, Seattle restaurants took on temporary closures in wake of restrictions in place as a result of the novel coronavirus. Seattle restaurants bought up protective equipment and outdoor umbrellas to block the sun for outdoor dining. Seattle restaurants ponied up pocket cash for outdoor tables and chairs, only to later be swept up in a cloud of smoke during some of Seattle's final few weeks of summer.
Rain and colder temperatures are on the way. For Sodo restaurants in general , they’re taking on not only a lack of downtown workers, not only incoming fall and winter seasons, but also few sports fans in what would typically be a bustling neighborhood come game day. Seattle doesn’t tend to receive high winds, wild storms, freezing temps or heavy snowfall, but it does get cold and rainy enough to be uncomfortable for many of those hoping to nosh on comfort food at their neighborhood restaurants.
At restaurants like Capitol Hill’s eclectic eatery, Nue, indoor seating is next to impossible these days. Famed for its usual communal seating, social distancing has pushed the restaurant to outdoor dining only.
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