COVID: San Francisco Chinatown Businesses Struggle To Recover From Pandemic Shut Down

By Devin Fehely, CBS San Francisco:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — It’s been a uniquely challenging year for San Francisco’s Chinatown — the coronavirus and a virulent strain of anti-Asian sentiment has left its streets empty and its storefronts empty.

“We feel like we’re in quicksand,” says Eva Lee with the Chinatown Merchants Association.

Lee says Grant Avenue — the backbone of Chinatown’s commercial district — has been paralyzed by pandemic. Fewer than 50 of its roughly 200 restaurants and stores, Lee says, remain open after a year of lockdowns.

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