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Now What?: Predicting the Future of Restaurants in America

By Eater Staff | April 2, 2020

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Credits

Editorial lead: Erin DeJesus

Creative director: Brittany Holloway-Brown

Development: Vince Dixon

Editor: Matt Buchanan

Contributors: Kathryn Campo Bowen, Monica Burton, Brenna Houck, Nick Mancall-Bitel, Rebecca Flint Marx, Meghan McCarron, Jaya Saxena, Elazar Sontag, Lesley Suter,
Jenny G. Zhang

Illustrator: Simone Noronha

Photographers: Michelle K. Min, Clay Williams

Copy editors: Emma Alpern, Rachel P. Kreiter

Engagement: Milly McGuinness, Adam Moussa

Project manager: Ellie Krupnick

Special thanks to: Hillary Dixler Canavan, Sonia Chopra, Madeleine Davies, Amanda Kludt