My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?

Gabriel Hamilton, the writer and chef/owner of Prune in New York City, gives us a poignant look at how one restaurant closes its doors in the age of coronavirus, letting go of all 30 employees (including her own wife).

She writes: "I had spent 20 years in this place, beginning when I was a grad student fresh out of school, through marriage and children and divorce and remarriage, with funerals and first dates in between; I knew its walls and light switches and faucets as well I knew my own body. It was dark outside when Ashley and I finally rolled down the gates and walked home."

Ultimately, she must decide whether to reopen Prune or just let it sleep forever.

Read the full story from The New York Times Magazine here.