Covid era Restaurant closures in Minnesota - map, list

[progree]

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https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/restaurantclosures/

(they apparently keep an up-to-date running tally)

[BainsBane]

1. Candyland has been there since I was a child

and now they are gone. How sad.
There are many good restaurants on that list.

[3Hotdogs]

2. That's some shit. Sad.

Next month will be when many more close up. As temperature drops, there is the option of indoor dining with lower capacity. I know that my friends and I will not go inside a restaurant... we do go to outside dining.

funny, I stopped to think about why not a restaurant as opposed to other stores I will enter. I guess the answer is the amount of time spent in a restaurant as opposed to a store where I go in, grab what I need and then leave. Also, restaurant food is not a necessity.

I believe store closings will expand beyond restaurants after December.

But enough of my doom-and-gloom.

[progree]

3. There is a restaurant in the local news today that is closing for the winter

Lord Fletcher’s Announces Temporary Closure For Winter Due To Pandemic, Sept 18, 2020
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/09/18/lord-fletchers-announces-temporary-closure-for-winter-due-to-pandemic/

On Friday, the popular restaurant along Lake Minnetonka in Spring Lake Park called it a “difficult decision” made based on cold weather approaching and limited seating being allowed indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... beginning October 12

It's the first one I've seen or heard of that has announced this strategy.

[BainsBane]

4. I still order take out

I didn't for the first 3 months of the virus, but I did start ordering eventually. I'm still very careful, but in general take out seems safe. But there is no way I would eat in a restaurant or even do outdoor service. I see restaurant patrons sitting there, close together without masks, and it creeps me out.