"Three weeks ago, business was good," said Hussein, 32, who sat behind a cluttered desk in the back of the shop. "You saw people buying, trading. We had plans for the future."
Now business is down, and Hussein closes by 10 p.m. On a recent evening, workers served a handful of customers through a carry-out window. Few lingered at the sidewalk tables. "Now we discuss whether to go to the market" to buy supplies, he said. "We wonder whether it is safe."
