Originally Posted by
JBord
I think Cook County is up to 25. I haven't been to a gathering that large. We've also happily dined indoors at restaurants a couple times since they re-opened, and again this weekend. I feel much more comfortable in a restaurant spaced at 25% capacity than I do rubbing shoulders with people in any of the crowded big box stores and supermarkets that have always been open.
Originally Posted by
corky
The thing about supermarkets and Costco is that you are only in the same space as another person for a very short amount of time unlike restaurants. I didn't realize that you have indoor dining now too. Here we are still at only outdoor or takeout.
Originally Posted by
bensyd
Do they have plastic shields between tables? I guess in Chicago in winter you can't have outdoor dining and unless the government supports every restaurant then they have no choice but to let them open up.
Procedures vary depending on the restaurant. We are not comfortable eating indoors and the one place where we somewhat regularly eat outdoors has a ton of propane heaters, while still being fairly open. (Tented roof and a couple sides enclosed but a lot of ventilation.) that said, it really varies from restaurant to restaurant. We ate on a patio a couple weeks ago that was much more enclosed than our regular restaurant, but far colder because of a lack of heating.... Nothing about the situation made us comfortable. I think there are some restaurants that have plexiglass dividers between tables. But at this point we're not eating indoors.
After posting yesterday that we were in a bit of a dining rut, I realized we had frozen pierogies, so did pierogies with caramelized onions, bacon and sour cream for dinner. Very tasty!