Paris Restaurants Close for the Holidays

Estimates from Gira Conseil, a foodservice research company GIRA, forecast that about half of restaurants in France may close in the coming months. It estimates 90,000 establishments out of an estimated 198,000 are at risk because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chef Jean-François Trap was the guest of Bonjour Paris on December 14, 2020, describing a "catastrophic" situation for restaurants in Paris.

According to data sources, France's mid-November spike in COVID-19 fatalities has diminished, with an average of 400 deaths per day confirmed during December 2020.