Whether it's a beloved local diner or a special destination book months in advance, dining

out has always had a special role in our culture, in every culture.

We go to restaurants to celebrate, catch up, to explore, meet new people, be in a new environment.

It's often how we connect.

But of all the places we like to gather now shut down by this pandemic, restaurants are also

some of the hardest hit. So today we're going to talk to people in the industry, the chefs,

the restaurant tours, to find out what they're trying to do to survive, for them, for us, for everyone.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, and this is coronavirus,

fact, versus fiction.

Restaurants sort of bottle the zeitgeist their community, and it's where people celebrate.

And it's not just about eating.

That's David Chang. He's a chef and the founder of the Momo Fuku Group, which has restaurants

around the world. He's also the host of the Netflix show Ugly Delicious.

If food establishes it's more important, people wouldn't want it so badly. There's just

something that is a connection to, I think, just being human. Besides tasting delicious foods.

Chang calls restaurants, quote, cultural banks, and worries about the erosion this pandemic

has had on all aspects of the dining experience.

We literally take 90% of our cash flow and give it back to everybody else on top of trying to make

delicious food and build organizations however small they might be. No one gets in this business,

at least that I admire so they can make a ton of money. They do it because of the life and

the sort of positive impact you can have both on yourself and the others around you.

And you take that away. That's going to be pretty brutal.

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