Restaurants prepare to operate under Kemp’s guidelines

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp released new guidelines for restaurants to open dine-in services starting Monday.

People for illness ..

Sanitizing work stations, wearing masks and gloves ..

And separating work spaces by six feet.

The governor released new guidelines for restaurants... to open dine-in services on monday.

41nbc's tanya modersitzki has more on how restaurants are preparing to open ... or in some cases remain closed.

:02 :15 :55 ""we don't think it's time.

We think it's too soon."

Governor brian kemp announced monday, restaurants can open dining rooms on april 27th.

Owner of famous mike's, mike seekins, says he's choosing to keep his dining room closed until memorial day weekend.

" the basic opinion you're putting people's lives in danger, yours your employees, people you don't know people feel as though it's just too soon."

Seekins says he's also not opening because he thinks people will still not go out yet.

"it's hard to predict how much food to buy to be prepared to sell so you have to use past history of records of sales there's no way to do that right now."

Tommy sadler, owner of tommy's bakery and cafe, says he's not opening monday.

Instead, he'll open may first.

"not so much because of the virus we're just not ready we still have things to do we have our drive thru i have chairs and tables to arrange to be compliant to the governors orders."

He says the pandemic didn't hurt his business, because he added a drive thru.

"the ready to eat meals we actually had to buy more stuff because we have to keep up.

We sell them as fast as we can make them" sadler says he's ready to open his doors back up under kemp's 39 guidelines which include: screening employees, no more than 10 people are allowed in per 500 square feet... employees must wear masks and other p-p-e.

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