Mall Hard-Hit By Covid

Leah Zagori

The Cheesecake Factory can no longer offer indoor seating. Usually there could be hundreds of people sitting inside the restaurant. Now, there are no more than 50 sitting outside with tables 6 feet apart.

It feels very lonely at the mall and not as exciting as it used to be.

Half of the stores are closed and every restaurant inside the mall is shuttered. The stores that are open–Apple, Forever21, Urban Outfitters–have huge lines due to the maximum capacity, which is about 15 to 20 depending on how large the store is.