Food is often more than just about the food: it’s sociable. People want to eat at the kind of place where everybody knows their name and knows that they always order the scrambled eggs, sausages, no toast.

In the barren days of Covid-19, it seems that fundraising has been particularly successful among these places — food spots that are valued parts of their communities. But it’s not a solve-all...

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