Guests adjusting their masks stand next to mannequins populating the dining room of The Inn at Little Washington, one of the countrys most renowned restaurants, on the first day of Virginia's phase one reopening in Washington, Va. on May 29, 2020. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
San Francisco chef Dominique Crenn was huddled with staff one day in mid-March when she learned that coronavirus restrictions would close the dining room at her celebrated restaurant, Atelier Crenn. Immediately, everyone started brainstorming.
“We said, ‘OK, who are we? We are people at the service of people, always here to feed the community,’” Crenn said.
