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LA plans to restart indoor dining next week. Restaurant staff have mixed feelings
Today LA County restaurants received the green light to reopen indoors at 25% capacity as soon as March 15. Some think it's way too soon. Others restaurant owners are cautiously optimistic.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenToday LA County restaurants received the green light to reopen indoors at 25% capacity as soon as March 15.
“I think it's way too soon. If outdoor dining is any indication of how people are behaving, then I'm just absolutely horrified to think about what's going to happen when we add more on top of that and open up indoors,” says one woman who works at two popular LA restaurants.
Meanwhile the owner of Supply and Demand, a bar/restaurant/music venue in Long Beach, is cautiously optimistic. “We're happy that it seems like Biden's really doing his job, getting the vaccines out there. … The mayor's trying to get it going in Long Beach with the vaccines too. So we think it's going to turn around. … We got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst,” he says.
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LA County restaurants received the green light to reopen indoors at 25% capacity as soon as March 15. “I think it's way too soon. If outdoor dining is any indication of how people are behaving, then I'm just absolutely horrified to think about what's going to happen when we add more on top of that and open up indoors,” says one woman who works at two popular LA restaurants.
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