Before the pandemic, my feelings about restaurateurs were pretty much like my feelings about highly paid professional athletes and celebrities. Considering the huge markup on food and service, the obscene markup on liquor and alcoholic beverages at restaurants, I really had very little sympathy for restaurateurs who needed to close their businesses. But the pandemic has put so many things in a different light. While my feelings about highly paid athletes and celebrities remains the same, I've learned to have a new respect for restauranteurs, especially those who own mom-and-pop establishments. My wife and I needed to do a couple of quick errands this morning, and in our travels we noticed that two of our favorite restaurants had closed for good. One was part of a chain, the other was independently owned. We'd gone to each restaurant numerous times over the last few years, and we got to know their menu, some of their service staff, and the philosophies that shaped t...