I went to eat at a restaurant the other day that was close to where my restaurant, Woko Loco, was located. The spot had been taken over by another concept, and I wanted to see how it looked from the inside. So I went there, expecting it to be open so I could walk around and see what they kept and what they modified from my original design.

To my surprise, the restaurant had permanently closed. I think they opened in late 2021, so they must not have broken even in nearly two years of operation. Kind of a similar trajectory to what happened with my restaurant.

But the big difference was that I opened in 2019, and shortly after the 1st-anniversary celebration, the world was engulfed in a pandemic.