No Time to Die... from COVID-19

[LynnInDenver]

I'd be more surprised if a large portion, perhaps even a majority, of restaurants do not reopen their indoor dining until occupancy limits are returned to normal or its clear that's not going to happen in the near term. Profit margins are so tight in the business that I'd expect it to be a tight contest as to whether just leaving them closed is a bigger burden than keeping the same floor space lit and cleaned, and the latter in ways that take even more time, labor, and supplies than before.

Part of what I missed saying is there's another occupancy limit... it's either half or 50, whichever is lower I expect is the expectation for any conflict. One of the restaurants down the road from us would likely close off part of their dining room, which is already partitioned somewhat from the main space... assuming they open up again, they closed it down entirely when the lockdown came down.

We do run menus for a few diners at the print shop where I work, and we've seen one of them bring in the first print run of the disposable version of their menu to get done.