How a Small Bar Battled to Survive the Coronavirus: An Update

<p><em>This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.</em></p><p>When Jack Nicas, a technology reporter for The Times, first moved to California five years ago, he set about finding a local bar of choice. Unpretentious, cheap and relaxed, the Hatch fit the bill.</p><p>Over six months during the coronavirus pandemic, he charted the fortunes of the bar and its staff members as the lockdown threatened to upend the success of the small business.</p><p>Today, Jack checks in with the bar’s owner — Louwenda Kachingwe, known to everyone as Pancho — to see what has happened since we last heard from him in the fall.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jack-nicas" target="_blank"><strong>Jack Nicas</strong></a>, a technology reporter for The New York Times. </p><p><br /></p><p>For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline" target="_blank">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. You can read the latest edition <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily-newsletter" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Here’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/business/coronavirus-california-lockdown-small-business.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> the full article about the Oakland tavern</a> and its staff members as they try to weather the fallout from the pandemic.</li></ul><p><br /></p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p><br /></p>