Young lifts ban on indoor dining at Baltimore City restaurants

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young on Thursday signed an Executive Order once again lifting a ban on indoor dining in the city.

CAPACITY IS ON THE MENU NOWWMAR 2 NEWS'S DON HARRISON ISDOWNTOWN WITH HOW RESTAURANARE PREPARINTrack: As the coronaviruscontinues to spike in manyareas and 2 weeks after indoordining was banned in BaltimoreCity, Mayor Jack Young hasremoved some restrictions fordining in Baltimore startingat 5 p-m on Friday.Restaurants are now able toseat 25% capacity or 2people, whichever is smaller.Sot: Everyday is a learninexperience.... Track: DavePollitt is a manager aMother's in Federal Hill andappreciates any way to stir upbusiness.

Sot: You know, wekind of have to to brainstorm,the team has to put our headtogether to figure out what'sthe most effective and safeway to involve the indooseating now.

Track: Outdoordining and carryout are stillallowed.

Mayor Young ilooking out for more than justthe owners of city restaurantssaying.... "I want to supportour residents facing extremefinancial hardships as aresult of working in therestaurant and serviceindustry" nats: Track: Aworkers scramble to make alast minute decision workagain customers are hoping forthe best, Monica Williams isin town for a few weekswaiting for constructionfinish on her home.

Sot:Dinner, we've been trying toorder it in for the most partWe've been able to eat outtwice and we've been here tweeks.

Sot: (Darius McClain-el) You don't want people toget sick because if they getsick they can pass it aroundand you could end up losingyour restaurant and then yourgoing to be in a position thatyou don't want to be into.Sot: (Dave-Mother's Manager)You got to hope the rightpeople are in the rightpositions, kind of puttingtheir head together and makingthe right decisions.

Stand UpOther restrictions forBaltimore City starting thisweekend......outdoor gatheringare restricted to 25 peopleand the Casino is restrictedto 25% capacity.

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