Michiganders may consider crossing border into Ohio for dine-in options during 3-week pause
(WXYZ) — With the brand new restrictions in place, if you wish to eat out your solely options are carry-out or out of doors seating. Some diners may head to Ohio, the place they nonetheless permit of us to dine-in till the ten p.m. curfew, which begins Thursday.
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“It makes it really tough on these restaurants in this area,” stated Brad Jennings of AJ’s Doolittles in Bedford Township.
Some restaurant house owners close to the border are involved diners will ditch the thought of perform and head south to the Buckeye State.
“Some days are better than others. Some days it is hard to break even,” stated Alex Renius of the Mason Jar Tap & Grill.
AJ’s Doolittles and Mason Jar Tap & Grill are almost throughout the road from one another in Bedford Township. Both eating places are just some miles from Ohio, the place eating in remains to be allowed.
The border is so near the eating places, you’ll be able to hop in your automotive and get to Ohio in just some minutes. That means those that want to dine in or hang around at a bar, don’t must go far.
“I’m just going to go to Ohio,” Jennings says he’s heard diners say.
Right now, for each eating places, enterprise has been down about 50%.
A 3-week dine-in pause will particularly be troublesome since they had been wanting ahead to one of many busiest bar and restaurant nights of the 12 months: the Wednesday earlier than Thanksgiving.
Both locations, that may host a variety of of us will now keep empty inside.
“The size of our restaurant and carry out only? It’s impossible,” Jennings defined.
Renius says the brand new restaurant restrictions are going to harm workers.
“That’s the worst part, just having to lay off some people,” he stated.
Jennings added, “We have Christmas in another month and that’s concerning to us.”
Since Ohio doesn’t have related restrictions in place like Michigan, Jennings says he needs the governors from each states had been on the identical web page.
“Should discuss and implement the same restrictions,” he stated.
Restaurant house owners are urging of us to help their native companies during this troublesome time.
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