The local characteristic catering industry is an important part of the catering economy as well as the local cultural and economic characteristics. During the period for regular epidemic containment，strengthening cultural confidence and seizing the transformation opportunities are the premise for the high-quality development of the local characteristic catering industry. After experiencing twists and turns，the local characteristic catering industry clearly takes the road of characteristic development，with the catering quality and skills guaranteed and improved，all-weather operation and comprehensive integration into local construction are the current development trend of the local characteristic catering industry. Unbalanced and insufficient industrial development，lack of self-confidence in industrial development，weak cultural creativity，few brand chain enterprises with strength and leading ability，weak infrastructure，poor integration of business forms，weakened characteristics and sluggish industrial cultivation are the main problems existing in the development of local characteristic catering. Focusing on the quality of product supply，realizing the optimization and upgrading of the structure，making overall planning of and optimizing the layout of the local characteristic catering industry，focusing on the development of brand chain enterprises，developing tourism catering，empowering the integration of local cultural tourism，promoting digital and intelligent construction of the whole industry chain，encouraging the local catering industry to optimize its characteristics，“go global”，and building a public service platform are all the pathways to promote the high-quality development of the local characteristic catering industry.