Redding restaurant embracing outdoor dining

In Shasta County, many restaurants have now switched to outdoor dining

Many restaurants have now switched to outdoor dining--- action news now reporter karen alvarez is live in redding with how one restaurant is embracing the change.

When the governor announced a stop to all indoor dining--- casa ramos moved qucikly transforming a part of it's parking lot into an outdoor dining area.

Take package: taking indoor dining to the outside---that's the new reality facing many restaurants sot(yolanda cobarrubias, waitress, casa ramos): it's been picking up little by little.

We're getting more, as you can see, tents, so we can get more tables out so we can get more people in.

The mexican restaurant converting a section of its parking lot into an outdoor dining 'fiesta'--- complete with socially- distanced tables, tents, and misting fans.

((broll)) empolyees wearing their masks despite the heat.

But management says the change is necessary--- sot(yolanda cobarrubias, waitress, casa ramos): we switched because it was necessary for us to do it, so we can get more people in, more customers in.

Casa ramos says it plans to stick with this(broll) new style of dining until they're able to go back to indoor dining--- sot(yolanda cobarrubias, waitress, casa ramos): well, we're doing the to-go orders, we've been doing that this is our second closing the restaurant so we have to do to-go orders so we can get more work.

Stand-up: and as you can see behind me, employees are putting up more tents.

This is to make room for more customers.

And people tell me they're enjoying the change because it's still a chance to support local business---- sot(julie warren, customer): i think it's great, it's nice to come out with my family to eat and not have to worry about going inside.

Sot(mary aguiniga, customer): it must be difficult in this trying time to afford being able to stay in business and i believe it's important to locals.

'casa ramos' is also doing take- out.

Live in redding, karen alvarez, action news now, coverage you can count on 'casa ramos' has been in business for sixteen years.

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