Chinese restaurant adjusts to outdoor dining in COVID-19 pandemic

"We tried a take-out service in late June, but there were only 20 takeaways a day," Chen said.

Although outdoor dining was permitted in the phase two of reopening starting June 22 in New York City, Chen did not reopen outdoor dining at his restaurant until Aug 21. He bought a large number of protective masks, gloves, disposable bowls and chopsticks and disinfection supplies. All customers need to register for the purpose of tracking.

In order to attract more customers, he started barbecue as a new way of business.