Restaurants Are Using Hotel Rooms to Offer Pandemic-Friendly Private Dining

As outdoor dining conditions fade and indoor dining restrictions continue, restauranteurs are teaming with hotels.They are offering indoor dining in the isolated spaces of unused hotel rooms.In one example, the Walnut Street Cafe in Philadelphia is offering a $65 prix fixe meal—alongside a $50 room charge.Diners can reportedly also apply their $50 as a room credit to stay over for the night if they want.With the new setup they are serving about 60 guests a night.And Philadelphia is not alone; hotels in Brooklyn, Minneapolis, and Boston are apparently offering similar options