COVID: San Francisco Chinatown Businesses Struggle To Recover From Pandemic Shut Down

San Francisco CA

05 April, 2021

3:09 PM

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By Devin Fehely, CBS San Francisco: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — It's been a uniquely challenging year for San Francisco's Chinatown — the coronavirus and a virulent strain of anti-Asian sentiment has left its streets empty and its storefronts empty. "We feel like we're in quicksand," says Eva Lee with the Chinatown Merchants Association. Lee says Grant Avenue — the backbone of Chinatown's commercial district — has been paralyzed by pandemic. Fewer than 50 of its roughly 200 restaurants and stores, Lee says, remain open after a year of lockdowns. Read more at CBS San Francisco