Dan Kluger's Hopes, Challenges, and Restaurant Predictions for the Year Ahead

I’m not sure what the answer is for restaurants. So many different factors have affected this industry over the past year and a half, and all have been somewhat out of our control. Probably most of us would say we’ve just been trying to survive. Then everybody said, “Congratulations, you survived!” But it feels like we’re just back to the same.

I’ve been wrong about a lot, but the biggest challenge is probably dealing...