Verbatim: Restaurants adapt to new lockdown protocols
December 11, 2020
Following a new regional stay-at-home order, local restaurants are facing further capacity and safety restrictions, and are bracing for a decline in customers over the next few weeks.
In order to decrease the transmission of COVID-19, the county has placed a person-capacity limit of 20% and prohibited the sale of food, beverages and alcohol for in-store consumption.
The Paly Voice asked local restaurants for their thoughts on the new lockdown protocols.
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