Economics
One Restaurant’s Story Shows How Recession Spreads
Within a day, the economic ripples spread thousands of miles from Larry La’s Chinese eatery just outside Washington
Larry La never even turned the lights off for almost two decades. Now he’s had to shut the whole restaurant down.
Meiwah was a local favorite in the Maryland suburb of Chevy Chase, just a few miles north of the White House and Congress, where U.S. leaders are battling to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus. It served Chinese food to a crowd that often included political big-shots, like ex-President Bill Clinton.