Baltimore City business owners wary of indoor dining

Baltimore City business owners wary of indoor dining

RESTRICTIONS.

TONIGHT AT 5BALTIMORE CITY LIFTEDTHEINDOOR DINING BAN....ALLOWEDRESTAURANTS TO OPEN INSIDE AT25 PERCENT CAPACITY.

WMAR2NEWSWHY SOME BUSINESS OWNERS ARECHOOSING TO STICK TO OUTOUTDOOR SEATING ONLY.For a few weeks theCORONAVIRUS numbers trendeddownward enough to promptBaltimore City to allow indoordining at 50 percent capacity.When the numbers started torise again the rules shiftedback to outside only.

OnFriday Mayor Jack Youngreopened inside dining at 25percent capacity.

1:13-1:31HEATH COMMISH“His order alsolimits gatherings to no morethan 25 people.

I do hope thatthe additional restrictionsserve as a reminder that nowis not the time to let yourguard down” The owner of theAdmiraland BOOKMAKERS in Federal Hillsays he and over 15 businessOWNERS decided not to openinside dining at 25%.17:15:48-17:16:00“I reallyhave a lot of respect for myfellow business owners formaking this decision.

Ithasnfinancial standpoint, but itbeen extremely easy from acommunity standpoint” DarrenMISLAN says they are basingtheir decision on data thatthe┃:16:59“When we were able to reopeninside I had a meeting with mystaff.

At the time that wewere allowed to open at 50%there was a bunch of outbreaksin restaurant staffs in theCanton area.

My staff wasconcerned so we had a meetingand decided that right nowitcommunity guests to not dit” The toughest part aboutonly having outside options isthe dependency on the weather17:19:17-17:19:25“Now itlike a storm is coming weclosed.

I think itprice to pay for publicsafety” City Councilman ZekeCohen who represents the zipcode hardest hit by thepandemic says the importantindicators are trending in thewrong direction.

CouncilmanZeke Cohen Baltimore CityDist.

1 17:20:47-17:20:08“Thetop two lines on that chart arenew cases and deaths.

In bothcategories Baltimore is headingin the wrong direction andboth categories are coded redwhich means we should be goingback to a previous phase notmoving toward furtherreopening” In Baltimore EddieKadhim WMAR2 News.ANOTHER CEASEFIRE WEEKENDBEGAN AT MIDNIGHT...