Covid-19 as served as a breeding ground for many small businesses mainly eateries

Figure 1: Arabic food “shawarma”

Vellore as a city possesses a very unique nature it is not like other cities, in many ways the city was standing with its originality, without not much adaptation from the outside. Vellore doesn't have shopping malls, there are no fun zones, entertainment places, IT parks, fun hubs extra. When we look at the city from the perspective of food Vellore has a very less number of 5-star hotels and posh restaurants. It is very hard to find varieties of food belonging to many cuisines in this city. The city follows its own tradition there is very less number of cuisines available in the city.

Figure 2: Burmese food “Atho”

All the restaurants were trying to keep their standard during this pandemic which led them to the introduction of many new styles and varieties of food there are very much notable changes caused by the covid-19 pandemic. Which led to the introduction of small eateries which provide different cuisines and style of food in a reasonable price that can be referred by all the people in the society.

When we look at the food variety available in Vellore there are mostly South Indian and Chinese Cuisine is seen in many places but during the pandemic, there was the introduction of many small eateries in and around Vellore there were many Shwarma outlets, Burmese street foods, Bullet and street BBQ were introduced and people were introduced to more new varieties and new style. Many popular and famous outlets like KFC, firangi bake oven story pizza were also introduced in Vellore during this pandemic. Due to the introduction of many varieties in a very short period, people tend to jump over all these places. The price of the food in small eateries is very reasonable which serves as an evening gathering place for many people there was an introduction to many eateries like 99 varieties dosa and many cafes which is very new to the Vellore city.