“How bad is it,” I asked sitting across from Dave Roubie, the general manager of the Tabard Inn. “We’re month-to-month at this point,” he said calmly.
I was appalled to hear that. Just so plainly and matter of fact, that such a cherished Washington, D.C. institution like the Tabard Inn could be teetering so.
But he reminded me that is far better off than some of their counterparts in the city. Many he said are probably operating week-to-week, or even day-to-day.
Economists predict that the COVID economy will wipe out 30 percent of restaurants nationwide. Roubie, a veteran of the hospitality industry, thinks a more accurate estimate will be upwards of 65 percent.