//What’s Happening With Restaurant Awards Right Now?

What’s Happening With Restaurant Awards Right Now?

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the restaurants. Fine dining restaurants are doing takeout, beloved neighborhood restaurants have turned into food banks, and institutions have closed forever. And for the organizations whose purpose was to exalt these restaurants with awards and rankings, carrying on as usual is no longer possible, especially as the collapse of restaurant industry has led many to question the utility of awards in the first place.

But the three main players in the restaurant awards game