London restaurants have been hammered by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak over the last twelve months. After three national lockdowns, Eat Out to Help Out in summer 2020, and yo-yoing between open and closed in between, the vaccine rollout and roadmap to reopening after lockdown look to be finally offering some hope, with outdoor dining resuming in April 2021.
Here is a compilation of the novel coronavirus pandemic’s impact on London restaurants, from first to last, through almost the entirety of 2020 and into 2021. It’s been a year.