Chicago restaurants, some bars reopen to indoor eating

Dining establishments and specified bars across Chicago and suburban Cook County opened their doorways to shoppers Saturday for the 1st time due to the fact late October just after profitable acceptance from Illinois wellness officials.

Dining places and bars that serve meals can seat customers indoors at 25% potential or 25 people today for each area, whichever is fewer, right after the town and county moved up to Tier I of the state’s coronavirus mitigation approach.

Bars that really do not serve foodstuff reopen can reopen only if they partner with a restaurant to produce meals.

“I am thrilled that we have produced sufficient development in the battle in opposition to COVID-19 to reopen our corporations and convey staff back,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot mentioned in a assertion.

Massimo Di Vuolo, proprietor of the Italian cafe Owing Lire in the city’s Lincoln Sq. community, advised the Chicago Tribune he skipped the camaraderie of serving and chatting with diners.

“It’s remaining together and currently being with the customers, confront to encounter and possessing be ready to talk to them. … That’s the section that will make organization remarkable and will make business daily life intimate,” Di Vuolo stated.

Below recommendations, tables will be constrained to no extra than 4 people today indoors or 6 individuals outdoor, and tables should be spaced 6 feet aside. Indoor support will be minimal to a greatest of two several hours and bars and dining establishments ought to shut by 11 p.m.