The article examines the current state of the restaurant business and trends in market development. The restaurant business and the hospitality industry are highly vulnerable to global shocks. The coronavirus epidemic events significantly impacted the industry and became a real shock for the owners of restaurants, cafes, and other public catering establishments. According to statistical data, the industry has become one of the sectors most affected by the restrictions that the governments of many countries have introduced to fight the spread of the coronavirus. Many institutions experienced a reduced business activity, and many other institutions were out of business. In particular, in the first year of the spread of the coronavirus, public catering establishments failed to receive about 27% of the projected income, which affected the financial stability of some establishments. In general, the indebtedness of business entities in this industry increased by 8.1% during the pandemic years. To minimize losses, companies resorted to reducing staff, switching to remote service ("takeaway"), including with the active support of delivery services, which, unlike the restaurant business, received some profit from the situation related to the pandemic. A critical problem for the restaurant business in recent years has been the reduced number of visitors due to the imposed restrictions. According to estimates, the number of customers has decreased by two-thirds. The transition to work "to take away" and the use of online tools did not allow to eliminate the losses. Still, they softened the impact of the crisis on restaurants, coffee shops, and other establishments in the field of public catering. However, the reduction in the number of visitors is not only due to bans on visiting institutions. One of the main reasons was the decrease in the incomes of the population and, accordingly, the reduction of expenses. Food costs in the restaurant business are not a primary need. Therefore, these costs were cut by the population in the first place. However, the coronavirus restrictions affected trends in the restaurant business. Along with the steady trend to consume healthy food, including food grown by local producers, it is worth noting the growing attention of consumers to comply with safe conditions and frequency in catering establishments and the use of web tools for choosing an establishment.