COVID took a huge toll on Sacramento-area bars and restaurants. See how they’re doing

Sacramento-area bars and restaurants saw a major dip in foot traffic in January, according to points of interest data.

In the last COVID-19 year, restaurant and bar foot traffic began to recover from a 2020 of shutdowns and restrictions. As vaccines became more widely available and the delta variant surge subsided in late 2021, more people began visiting Sacramento-area establishments.

The bar and foot traffic in cities across the region spiked in December 2021, relative to January 2021, according to Safe Graph, a data collecting service.

But the Sacramento area’s elevated foot traffic didn’t last long.

Within one month, restaurant and bar foot traffic fell back to November 2021 levels.

The data used in this interactive line graph, collected by Safe Graph, was last updated February 2022. According to the visualization, a visit is defined as staying at the location for more than four minutes. Here is the percent change in restaurant and bar foot traffic in the Sacramento area from January 2021 to January 2022:

This story was originally published March 3, 2022 at 10:16 AM.