Jack Stack adjusts to new restrictions

Jack Stack shared the changes they'll be making when new COVID-19 guidelines go into effect.

RESTAURANTS AREHAVING TO ADJUST TOTHESE NEW GUIDELINESAS THEY CONTINUE TOSAFELY SERVECUSTOMERS.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER DAN COHENSPOKE TO A FEWRESTAURANT MANAGERSIN THE CITY AS THEYPREPARE FOR A NEWROUND OF RESTRICTIONS,HE JOINS US LIVE THISMORNING...GOOD MORNING, THESENEW GUIDELINES AREJUST A FEW HOURS OLD,BUT RESTAURANTS HAVEBEEN PREPARING ALLWEEK SINCE THE MAYOR'SANNOUNCEMENT ONMONDAY.

THEY TELL METHEY'VE ADJUSTEDBEFORE, AND SOME MORECREATIVITY WILL BE AFOCUS THIS TIME AROUND.AT THE JACK STACKFREIGHT HOUSELOCATION, THEY'VESUCCESSFULL INSTALLEDHEATED OUTDOOR TENTSTO CREATE MORE SPACEFOR SAFE DINING, ANDTHEIR DINING ROOM HASBEEN SPACED OUT, WITHBOOTHS ELIMINATED FORSOCIAL DISTANCING.

ONECOMPONENT OF THEIRBUSINESS THAT WILL BEAFFECTED BY SMALLERDINING PARTIES IS PRIVATEEVENTS AND PRIVATEDINING SPACES.Tyler Banker/Jack Stack BBQGeneral ManagerTypically over the holidays,you're going to have, maybetwo events a night on Fridaysand Saturdays.

So those largecompany gatherings are theones that you're going to lose,you're hoping that some ofthat business goes to yourcatering division that can dosome of that but even thenyou're limited at the at theoffice building that people areworking from home, so we'lllose some there but we'll alsobe able to reutilize that spacefor normal dining so we won'tlose the time, we'll just losethose intimate kind of familygatherings.TYLER BANKER SAIDTHEY'VE ADJUSTED THEIRDINING HOURS BEFORE,AND WITH BUSINESSESNOW ORDERED TO CLOSEAT 10, NOT A LAST CALL AT10, EVERYONE OUT OF THEESTABLISHMENT BEFORE10, THEY'LL BE READY FORTHAT CHANGE TOO.

BACKTO YOU.JACK STACK'S FREIGHTHOUSE HAS A LOT OFSQUARE FEET TO HOUSEDINERS, BUT WHAT ABOUTSMALLER RESTAURANTSWIHTOUT THAT TYPE OFSPACE?YES, TYLER BANKER SAIDHE'S CONCERNED ABOUTHIS COLLEAGUES IN THEINDUSTRY LOCALLY WHOHAVE SMALLER DININGROOMS - AND ALSO THOSETHAT DON'T HAVE THEABILITY TO SEAT OUTSIDE,HEATED TENTS AND ALL.HE'S HOPING FOR AMODERATE WINTERWHERE THOSE TENTS AREFEASIBLE, WHICH THEYOBVIOUSLY WON'T BE IFTEMPERATURES ARE MUCHCOLDER THAN THEY ARERIGHT NOW.