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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Business
Samantha Masunaga

These five workers left restaurant jobs in the pandemic. Where are they now?

A bar director in the restaurant business for three decades quit after a customer spat on her mask.

A server seeking stability for his family found a new job as a high school English teacher.

A chef forced to reorient after reaching "life fulfillment" in a luxurious restaurant found an unexpected upside in office work.

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