Michigan restaurants reopen the indoor restaurant today: What you need to know

WEST BLOOMFIELD, me. – Monday is a big day for Michigan restaurants – after almost three months, restaurants can reopen for dining indoors.

However, they can only have a capacity of 25% and will have a left at 22:00.

READ: Michigan restaurants will be reopened with coverage, with other safety restrictions in place

It’s a day when Michiganders wait patiently and not so patiently – to return the meal in person.

“We’ve been preparing for this all week, and we really hope we’re moving in a direction that will work for us,” said Hanna Carter, manager of Pickles & Rye Deli in West Bloomfield.

Restaurants can only open with a 25% capacity, but Carter said it won’t be a problem.

“We kind of get along well with every other cabin,” Carter said. “And we have all the meals ready.”

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However, Stage Deli owner Steve Goldberg said the crew will have to wait a little longer before reopening the doors in the dining area.

“The dining room for a Jewish delicacy is little more than food. It’s about energy, it’s about spirit. It’s about camaraderie, about neighbors, “Goldberg said. “And with 25% occupancy and masks needed at the table, it’s very difficult to get that energy.”

Regardless, the restaurant will continue to maintain deployment and curbside services until they are truly ready for more about an impactful return to normalcy.

“As things get easier, we will revisit and open up when necessary,” Goldberg said.

Not only the customers are ready to return to the table, but also the employees who will return.

“We built our staff,” Carter said. “Obviously, we had to go smaller, but now we managed to contact each other and we certainly had more people to join our team.”

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