Discerning the state of the restaurant business in Atlanta is virtually impossible. Every day online you read reports of restaurants that have closed, reopened and two days later close again because an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
Two weeks later, you read they have reopened again, but only for patio dining and takeout. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this is particularly distressing for gay people.
Our social (and often working) lives have long been rooted in the bar and restaurant scene. I did recently dine on the patio at Grana, which opened on Piedmont Avenue just as the pandemic hit in March, requiring owner/chef Pat Pascarella to offer takeout food only.