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With mandatory social distancing, restaurants are only allowed to accommodate about 50 percent of customer capacity indoors; In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has held firm at a 25 percent capacity ceiling for indoor dining until the number of new COVID-19 cases drop down farther. Extending outside table season is one more thing that Illinois restaurants are trying to keep their businesses going.
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Who and what determines the capacity rate of any given location? It is probably the fire department occupancy rate guidelines. Isn’t it the restaurant owner who determines how many tables are needed to stay within fire dept rules and to keep customers sufficiently spaced apart so patrons can have a good dining experience? So 25% could still be many patrons if you go by fire dept rates of occupancy and still keep social distancing rules. Do the fire dept rules include employees and patrons? I do not enjoy it if they are packed in like sardines (non covid year) like… Read more »