Not every office is filled with workers again after the pandemic forced businesses to allow remote work, but the holiday office party is back, according to local caterers, who are doing at least as much business this holiday season as they were before the pandemic.
In some cases, business is even better than before.
Caterers said that plenty of events were on the books for the 2021 holiday season. But last December’s spike in COVID cases due to the Omicron and Delta variants put a last-minute crimp in many celebrations.
Not so this year. Between weddings, social gatherings and office parties, the latter of which begin in earnest this weekend, caterers are swamped.
“We’ve never done more business than we’re doing now,” said Dean Pigeon, owner of Pigeon Caterers, which has 10 events alone scheduled…
