Originally Posted by
chgoeditor
I'm not sure if be comfortable getting into one of those domes they have down on the Riverwalk. I'll be interested to see what the contest turns up, but I expect we will be eating out much less in the coming months. And while we can have snow in October and May, we can also have 80° days in March.
A lot of places have decided not to open indoors at 25% capacity. Our local pub has a capacity of 80, according to the fire inspector. A 25%, that is 20 people. But they have seven or eight staff members working at any given time so that means you're doing indoor seating for 12 or 13 people. They have decided it is just not worth the risk to allow a few more people indoors. However, they just bought the bar next door, so they now have twice as much outdoor seating.
My favorite local brewery has 4 staff members working usually, as they've never employed servers, just bartenders and kitchen staff. They are slightly better off as they can probably have a capacity of 30 given the 25% capacity restrictions, but that includes their outdoor capacity.