Restaurants across North Carolina opened their dining rooms (https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-food-drink/article242862651.html) for the first time in more than two months on Friday. Diners ventured out  (https://www.newsobserver.com/article242928146.html)and foodies were excited, but as other states have shown after reopening, restaurant owners face a difficult path after the first wave of the hungry and faithful.

In Georgia, almost a month after being allowed to reopen, restaurants are still seeing reservations and walk-ins down an average of 85%, according to year-over-year sampling of data from OpenTable (https://www.opentable.com/state-of-industry), a restaurant reservation service...

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