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Baltimore City to allow outdoor dining for restaurants

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Baltimore City to allow outdoor dining for restaurants
Baltimore City to allow outdoor dining for restaurants

Mayor Jack Young announced that restaurants with outdoor dining permits can begin serving patrons outside only at 5 p.m., on Friday, May 29.

HOGANALLOWING RESTAURANTS TO SERVECUSTOMERs OUTDOORSCITY IS FOLLOWING SUIT.

MAYJACK YOUNG ANNOUNCED STARTINGTOMORROW RESTAURANTS WITHOUTDOOR PERMITS CAN SERVEPEOPLE BEGINNING AT 5.

WMAR 2NEWSWHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE AWHOTHIS IS UP TO INDIVIDUALRESTAURANTS.

BALTIMORE CITYSAYS 237 RESTAURANTS AREPERMITTED FOR OUTDOOR VENUESEATINGPEOPLE SHOULD THEY CHOOSE &BUT STRICT GUIDELINES ARE INPLACE.

OUTDOOR SEATING ATAZUMI IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMOCITY WILL LOOK DIFFERENT COME5PM TOMORROW.

THE RESTAURANTALONG WITH OTHER ATLASRESTAURANT GROUP VENUES WILLBE SERVING CUSTOMERS OUTDOORS.THE COMPANY RELEASING THISPROMO VIDEO SAYING ITS READYTO GET TO BUSINESS DURING THEPANDEMIC.

We will do our bestto protect every guesespecially the elderly andvulnerable among.

THE VIDEOCOMES ON THE HEELS OBALTIMORE CITY MAYOR JACKYOUNGRESTAURANTS PERMITTED FOROUTDOOR SPACE CAN SERVECUSTOMERS.

MAYOR JACKYOUNG/(D) BALTIMORE CITY: Lastnight I conferred with our tophealth professionals and wedecide to move forward withoutdoor dining beginningtomorrow at 5 PM.

Restaurantsmust comply with theguidelines given by thegovernor and we are going towatch the data closely towatch how this close stepgoes.

GUIDELINES INCLUDCUSTOMERS BEING APPROPRIATELYDISTANCED, NO MORE THAN 6PEOPLE PER TABLE, THE USE OFDISPOSABLE PAPER MENUES ORSANITIZING REUSABLE ONES,OUTDOOR FURNITURE BEINGSANITIZED BETWEEN GUEST USEAND LASTLY STAFF MUST BETRAINED IN CURRENT COVI━19HEALTH WORKPLACE GUIDELINES.MAYOR JACK YOUNG SAYS DESPITECHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE OUTDOORDININGA━HOME ORDER IS STILL INEFFECT.

MAYOR JACK YOUNG/(BALTIMORE CITY: If we reallydo the social distancing andthe restaurants comply withall the steps that our publichealth officials have issued&Itstill would love for people tostay home and only come out ifitthey have to do.

BALTIMOCISAYS IF YOU DO TAKE PART INOUTDOOR DINING DON'T FORGETYOUR CE MASK.

DR. LETITIADZIRASA/ BALTIMORE CITYCOMMISSIONER OF HEALTH: Do youstill want to wear your masks.Do you still want to practicesocial distancing.

Thoserestrictions, none of that haschanged when we go out.

Whenwe go out we still want tomaintain that 6 feet unlesswere eating we want to keep ourmasks on even as were talkingtwo friends across the dinnertable.

AGAIN, ONLY RESTAURANTSPREVIOUSLY PERMITTED FOROUTDOOR DINING CAN TAKE PART.OTHER RESTAURANTS CAN APPLYFOR A TEMPORARY PERMIT ONMONDAY STARTING AT 9AM.SOME RESTAURANTS IN H

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