The ebb back towards sit-down versus counter service restaurant locations in the U.S.

Counter service new restaurant starts never exceeded the number new of sit-down locations. Even during the height of the pandemic.

Chart: The number of new sit-down restaurants in the U.S versus counter service from the beginning of the pandemic until now,

Sit-Down vs. Counter Service
	Sit down	Counter Service
7/28/2022	252	118
7/21/2022	306	133
7/7/2022	315	143
6/30/2022	261	158
6/23/2022	254	140
6/16/2022	297	151
6/9/2022	233	139
6/2/2022	243	175
5/26/2022	290	161
5/19/2022	247	129
5/12/2022	258	111
5/5/2022	239	130
4/28/2022	268	122
4/21/2022	278	137
4/14/2022	203	161
4/7/2022	260	188
3/31/2022	255	149
3/25/2022	217	121
3/17/2022	240	163
3/10/2022	272	165
3/3/2022	251	152
2/24/2022	281	151
2/17/2022	217	126
2/10/2022	232	125
2/3/2022	220	140
1/27/2022	230	151
1/20/2022	179	138
1/13/2022	203	105
1/6/2022	224	160
12/30/2021	238	143
12/16/2021	225	158
12/9/2021	256	155
12/2/2021	276	173
11/18/2021	253	130
11/11/2021	267	193
11/4/2021	231	156
10/28/2021	275	154
10/22/2021	224	144
10/15/2021	256	174
10/7/2021	243	104
9/30/2021	252	124
9/23/2021	251	128
9/16/2021	265	161
9/9/2021	226	169
9/2/2021	226	119
8/26/2021	296	183
8/19/2021	226	60
8/12/2021	283	144
8/5/2021	295	177
7/29/2021	315	191
7/22/2021	302	206
7/15/2021	303	148
7/1/2021	258	172
6/24/2021	294	208
6/17/2021	272	182
6/10/2021	282	144
6/3/2021	256	201
5/27/2021	268	189
5/20/2021	273	157
5/13/2021	268	162
5/6/2021	288	199
4/29/2021	250	181
4/22/2021	235	163
4/15/2021	264	193
4/8/2021	296	171
4/1/2021	213	169
3/25/2021	240	169
3/18/2021	243	81
3/11/2021	256	203
3/4/2021	233	187
2/25/2021	242	182
2/18/2021	212	175
2/11/2021	338	315
2/4/2021	148	121
1/28/2021	167	140
1/21/2021	153	118
1/14/2021	273	200
1/7/2021	194	173
12/31/2020	203	160
12/17/2020	224	148
12/10/2020	215	181
12/3/2020	238	196
11/19/2020	240	169
11/12/2020	285	205
11/5/2020	276	220
10/29/2020	218	189
10/22/2020	253	260
10/15/2020	262	234
10/8/2020	253	248
10/1/2020	210	215
9/24/2020	252	246
9/17/2020	221	178
9/10/2020	207	177
9/3/2020	188	182
8/27/2020	244	226
8/20/2020	216	186
8/13/2020	232	227
8/6/2020	231	197
7/30/2020	266	218
7/23/2020	178	157
7/16/2020	228	216
7/9/2020	309	229
6/25/2020	190	131
6/18/2020	213	159
6/11/2020	122	124
6/4/2020	174	151
5/28/2020	155	137
5/21/2020	159	107
5/14/2020	170	154
5/7/2020	170	133
4/30/2020	158	130
4/23/2020	185	148
4/16/2020	253	233
4/9/2020	108	71
4/2/2020	181	134
3/26/2020	270	25