What dining will look like

Rye in Mission Farms held its first dinner service in nearly two months on Monday.

The owners hope to use the lessons learned during the soft opening across the state line when they reopen the doors at their location on the Country Club Plaza on Friday.

BUSINESSES ON BOTHSIDES OF THE STATE LINEARE NOW FIGURING OUTHOW TO REOPEN -- ANDDO IT SAFELY.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER ANDRESGUTIERREZ TALKED TOONE RESTAURANT OWNER-- WHO HASESTABLISHMENTS INKANSAS AND MISSOURI --ON THEIR PLAN.Andres Gutierrez/Reporting/Rye in Leawood held its firstdinner service in nearly twomonths.

The owners hope touse the lessons learned hereacross the state line whenthey reopen the doors onFriday.Megan Garrelts/Co-owner of RyeLeawood, Rye Plaza & Bluestem/You know, every restauranteuris basically building anentirelynew restaurant out of the onethey already had.SOME OF THE CHANGESAT RYE ARE APPARENT THEMOMENT YOU WALK INFROM MASKS EMPLOYEESARE REQUIRED TO WEARAND GLOVES FOR THOSESERVING CUSTOMERS.OTHERS ARE SUBTLE.Megan Garrelts/Co-owner of RyeLeawood, Rye Plaza & Bluestem/Our restaurant is our home,we want it to feel as normal aspossible.CHEF AND CO-OWNERMEGAN GARRELTS LEFTTHE TABLECONFIGURATION AS IS--INSTEAD PRINTING THESELAMINATED SIGNS THATHER WAIT STAFF COULDEASILY MOVE.Megan Garrelts/Co-owner of RyeLeawood, Rye Plaza & Bluestem/So we figured if we took tablesand chairs out, we would havea hard time renegotiating thedining room, if you will, toaccommodate what we canwith proper distancing.THE RESTAURANTS PLANSTO HAVE TWO STAFFMEMBERS DEDICATED TOSANITIZING FREQUENTTOUCH POINTS.WHILE GUESTS INLEAWOOD CAN SIT AT THEBAR, FOLKS WON'T BEABLE TO DO THE SAME ATRYE ON THE PLAZA UNDERCURRENT GUIDELINUNVEILED MONDAY BYKANSAS CITY MAYORQUINTON LUCAS.Megan Garrelts/Co-owner of RyeLeawood, Rye Plaza & Bluestem/It's going to be tricky tonavigate, you know, there'sgoing to be guests that wantto come in and just go back tolife and we're gonna have tohave probably not some funconversations just to getpeople to work with usbecause this is all new for allof us.GARRELTS BELIEVES THEAMOUNT BUSINESSRESTAURANTS WILLGENERATE WHEN THEYREOPEN WILL DEPEND ONLOCATION.Megan Garrelts/Co-owner of RyeLeawood, Rye Plaza & Bluestem/We live in leawood and I feellike people are ready all ourneighbors are like chomping atthe bit to be out again, I thinkKansas City because it's alittle bit more populated, moredensely populated.

That peopleare going to be a little bitmoresluggish to get out.Megan Garrelts/Co-owner of RyeLeawood, Rye Plaza & Bluestem/So businesses needs yoursupport.

We need your yourcommunity, you know, love alot right now.

We've all beengoing through hard times.

Justtrying to navigate our businessand our livelihoods.IN LEAWOOD.

ANDRESGUTIERREZ.

41 ACTIONNEWS.HERE ARE THOSEGUIDELINES ANNOUNCEDBY KANSAS CITY'S MAYOR-- QUINTON LUCAS --TODAY.TABLES MUST BE 10 FEETAWAY FROM EACH OTHER.AND THERE MUST BE SIXFEET BETWEEN THE BACKOF CHAIRS.BAR SEATING ANDBUFFETS ARE NOTALLO