As of September 8, 2020, Philadelphia will
allow indoor dining at restaurants.
Key elements of the dining restrictions include:
1. Restaurants cannot be filled to more than 25%
capacity.
2. No more than 4 diners per table.
3. Tables must be arranged so that diners at separate tables are at least 6 feet apart or have an impermeable barrier between them.
The indoor dining ban will lift a day after Labor Day in an
attempt to avoid holiday crowds. Indoor dining has been banned
since mid-March.
Per the Philadelphia Business Journal, restaurant owners are also
being urged to increase ventilation in their establishments to
further decrease the risk of Covid-19 transmission.
Outdoor dining is permitted to continue
under current restrictions, including having no more than
50 people outside.
Other restrictions will include:
1. Servers must wear both masks and face shields for
additional protection.
2. Continuation of no bar service.
3. Alcohol can be served only for on-premises consumption when in the same transaction as a meal.
4. Last call for all indoor dining orders will be at 11 p.m. and establishments will be required to be closed for service by midnight.
5. Restaurants must install physical barriers such as sneeze guards or partitions in restaurant kitchens and at cash registers, host stands, and food pick-up areas where maintaining physical distance of at least six feet is difficult.
6. Restaurants are required to
screen every employee for symptoms before every shift and
prevent them from remaining on-site if they have a cough, shortness
of breath, fever, chills, muscle pain, or new loss of taste or
smell.
Indoor theaters and movie theaters will also be allowed to reopen
on Sept. 8 with venues not to exceed 50% capacity, with a maximum
of 25 people allowed.
Originally published by Duane Morris, August 2020
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