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Thursday, June 11, 2020
The Bistro at LakeLand Village remains open for takeout only as North
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Less than a month into phase two
of Washington’s plan for reopening,
manyyZ‘North Mason County restau-
rants are full to 50% capacity during
operating hours.
“Since the reopen we’Ve seen record
numbers with a full house and take-
out at the same level (as during phase
one),” Sandy Knutson, server at The
Hideaway, said.
The phase two restaurant/tavern
reopening COVID-19 requirements
outline detailed safety measures for
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all of which add costs for restaurants.
“I have masks, gloves and sanitizer
fgr just the waiters and people eating
here,” said Alfonso Ramos, owner of
Los Agaves. “There is nothing I can do
but try to survive, I’m hoping we can
survive off of 50% of the capacity.”
Los Agaves remained open for take-
out and curbside pickup during phase
one, and reopened for inside dining
Monday.
Ramos said despite the COVID-
19-related financial challenges, he is
committed to supporting’his employ-
ees. ‘
“There’s nothing I can do,” Ramos
said. “I kept everybody (on staff), I
wanted to try to pay everybody (the
pandemic) has been hard for every-
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While restaurants such as Los Aga-
ves retained their employees, others
such as Burger Claim & More and The
Hideaway laid off workers to help ease
the economic pressures and keep their
doors open. '
"We lost a lot of employees (due
to layoffs) so the people who are still
here are. just tired,” Knutson said.
“On top of that, due to complying with
COVID (precautionary measures),
we can’t even have anything on the
tables, the silverware can’t go down
before the customer arrives.”
Burger Claim; HD’s Pub, the Wood-
shed Bar and Grill, and Casey’s Bar
and Grille, in Belfair as well as 2 Mar-
garitas and The Boat House in Allyn,
have all reopened inside dining.
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.Venglar, Burger Claim was able to
rehire all employees who were laid off
during phase one, which allows' them
to better accommodate. the influx ‘of
customers.
“We’re at 50% capacity and we’ve
been pretty full ’most’days,” Venglar
said. “We wish. it was 100% capacity
but there’s only so much we can do.”
Mason County Commissioner
Randy Neatherlin said he expects a
quick transition to phase three. “We
really want to reopen, but we want to
make sure it’s done smart and ma way
where people are protected,” he said. 7
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