A couple of other perspectives.
Gabrielle Hamilton, writing about Prune in the NYT: My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?
Related podcast episode of The Sunday Read: Closing the restaurant that was my life for 20 years
An interview with Chef Edward Lee who pivoted his Lee Initiative young chef mentoring program into an operation supporting out of work restaurant staff across the country: US restaurants band together to feed out-of-work staff