Coronavirus restaurants

This friday.

Today is the second great american takeout.

It's a national campaign that encourages people to order take out to help businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

With a health order in effect - local restaurants are buckling down on safety precautions!

Waay 31's casey albritton spoke with the owner of a decatur restaurant.

They showed her how they're staying healthy, from food preparation - all the way to the delivery!

When it comes to delivering food-employees tell me they put on gloves... and never come in contact with a customer.

Instead, they knock or ring the doorbell and leave the food on the doorstep.

Employees at "let's do lunch," restaurant in decatur, say they are constantly wiping down everything they come in contact with.

Debra hewitt/ owner "we clean at the top of every hour, we're cleaning all the door handles, any surface that's touched."

Right now - the restaurant only handles curbside pick-up and delivery orders.

Whitney mcbride/ employee "i just want the customers to know that we are still here to serve them and that we are doing it safely."

When owner of the restaurant, debra hewitt, delivers food... she makes she is wearing gloves.

Debra hewitt/ owner "we're not getting close to the customers.

We just ring the door bell and leave it at the door."

Hewitt says it's all about protecting her employees and customers.

Debra hewitt/ owner "it's very serious especially to someone that has a compromised immune system and we are taking every precaution to make sure everyone is safe."

Whitney mcbride/ employee "i would just like business to continue."

I reached out to uber eats and door dash -- both told me they are using the "leave at door option" as well.

Door dash also says it is getting ready to send one million sets of free hand sanitizer and gloves to