Q&A with Kamal Mouzwak on the impact of COVID-19 on Tawlet and Souk El Tayeb

After being closed down starting March 11 for almost eight weeks, due to measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lebanon’s restaurants were allowed to re-open on May 4 as part of a phased easing of the lockdown. To learn more about considerations F&B operators were taking into account before reopening, Executive chatted beforehand with Kamal Mouzawak, founder of farmers’ market Souk El Tayeb, Tawlet restaurants, and Beit guesthouses.   Mouzawak also shed light on how the COVID-19 lockdown has impacted Souk El Tayeb and its food producers, given that the farmers’ market was classed as  a mall and as such will not be able to reopen until May 25. Have you decided whether you will be opening the Tawlet farmers’ kitchens on May 4 or not? We are still hesitating. It is risky [in terms of health] for our staff and for ourselves and our guests. We are thinking