nsxtasy wrote:RockyDennis wrote:Wrong thing to do
I think Illinois is going about it the right way - basing any opening on objective criteria (test positivity, available hospital beds, and lack of increase in hospitalizations), while still limiting dining capacity and party size when reopening. (Perhaps you didn't bother reading the article in the link?)
Whereas some other states have no restrictions at all, while coronavirus runs rampant...
smorris76 wrote:nsxtasy wrote:RockyDennis wrote:Wrong thing to do
I think Illinois is going about it the right way - basing any opening on objective criteria (test positivity, available hospital beds, and lack of increase in hospitalizations), while still limiting dining capacity and party size when reopening. (Perhaps you didn't bother reading the article in the link?)
Whereas some other states have no restrictions at all, while coronavirus runs rampant...
From what I can tell there are effectively no restrictions in the suburbs anyways. Most of the bars and restaurants in downtown Plainfield have never ceased having indoor patrons. I've seen similar reports on reddit for many other suburbs.
Chicago and suburban Cook County are officially open for indoor dining for the first time since late October under coronavirus pandemic restrictions, officials said Saturday morning.
Dave148 wrote:Chicago and suburban Cook County are officially open for indoor dining for the first time since late October under coronavirus pandemic restrictions, officials said Saturday morning.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavi ... 7#nws=true
RockyDennis wrote:Not a smart idea
NFriday wrote:In the latest one, they mentioned that Soul and Smoke and another restaurant that I don't remember have been feeding the people who help out at the COVID vaccine clinics at the Levy center. I know Soul and Smoke have been distributing lots of free food since the pandemic started. I assume they are coming back to the Evanston farmer's market when it opens up on 5/1. It would be nice for people to purchase food from them there.
NFriday wrote:I am not sure if the limit is 25% capacity or 50% now.
NFriday wrote:I have an Ikea question for those people who visit the Schaumburg store? I bought a down comforter there 20 years ago that I love, but the stuffing is falling out, and I need a new one. In a couple of weeks when my second COVID shot kicks in, I am tempted to go out to the Schaumburg store to pick up a new one. From what I have heard, the crowds are a lot smaller on weekdays than they are on the weekends, and you should not go there when they first open up at 9:00am. I love their Swedish meatballs though. Does anybody know if their restaurant is open now, and how bad the crowds are there at the restaurant?
Restaurants, bars and food trucks can get up to $10 million in federal grants to offset pandemic-related losses.
annak wrote:any recs for outdoor dining near the Langham hotel?
McDonald's, others consider closing indoor seating amid Delta surge in U.S.
jlawrence01 wrote:Maybe McDonald's should close all of their restaurants due to the obesity epidemic. After all, obesity is a comorbidity that makes one more likely to contract Covid.
Seriously, the one time that I have headed to McDonald's in the past two years - last month in Cincinnati, the dining room was closed. I was looking fr a place to kill an hour until the Hertz office opened.
Recovery lags for South Loop restaurants without workers back in offices: ‘I don’t know if this is the new normal or not’
Dave148 wrote:A Chicago pizzeria had to temporarily close because of the labor shortage. Its owner said it was the first time it's happened — and it cost him $5,000.
https://www.businessinsider.com/labor-s ... ey-2021-10
A pizzeria in Chicago couldn't open on Sunday because it didn't have enough staff, and the owner told CBS Chicago that it cost him about $5,000.
"We are closed today. I simply do not have enough people to open," Dave Bonomi, the owner of Coalfire Pizza in West Town, tweeted on Sunday. "In nearly 15 years of selling pizza, this has never happened."
Bonomi told CBS that he was struggling to find new employees during the labor shortage, and had to close the pizzeria after two staffers had called in sick.