Restaurant Open

It 's the news restaurant owners have been waiting for weeks to hear.

It 's the news restaurant owners have been waiting for weeks to hear// yesterday, governor tate reeves announced they will be able to reopen their dining areas this week..

áwith restrictionsá bobby martinez talks with a starkville restaurant owner about the return áandá the rules// the time has finally arrived..

Restaurants being able to re-open for in-house dining..

But in doing so, they must follow certain restrictions... sot - gov tate reeves covid-19 update from ????day "i'm going to revise my order today to allow for outdoor and in room dining with strict social distancing guidelines."

It was music to the ears of restaurant owners.

Sot - kiel hebert - owner - moes original bbq "we are super excited for everything getting rolling."

The impact of covid-19..

Has put a hurt on many restaurants in recent months.

Kiel hebert, owner of moes bbq in starkville says he's happy to see things starting to get back to normal..

"i'm excited about having my staff back on the payroll.

I mean i really am.

You know some people are saying it's too soon.

I'm a restaurant owner i'm not going to complain about re- opening but it's very important that everybody follows the guidelines.

Wear a mask when you come inside have it on so we don't have to ask you to put it on."

These new restaurant guidelines will come in to effect thursday.and part of the agreement?

On half of the restaurants capacity will be allowed..

50 percent capacity allowed in a restaurant at a time.

And..

Customers are to be screened upon entry..

Something hebert says he will be keeping an eye on..

"we're going to have a portion of the building open so it's not too much to handle for the employees that we have.

As soon as somebody gets up we're going to sanitize everything."

With the shift and regulations...star kville fire marshal, mark mccurdy says the department will be on hand to help restaurants get ready to open up.

"what we are offering or suggesting to folks is..you know it could be confusing to understand exactly what those numbers are..

So if a specific restaurant has any questions or concerns related to what that 50 percent number is.

Are welcomed to call here to the fire station to the fire marshals office and we can help guide them through it."

Reporting in starkville..bobby martinez..wcbi news..

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