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Botany

(70,291 posts)
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 09:56 AM Jul 2020

Columbus, OH (Clintonville): "The Beast" is here. This is a note from a nice little local eatery.

They opened back up about a month and 1/2 ago with very limited hours and all the safety they could do too. I would go there and eat outside about every other week. My son is in town and I was gonna take him there this AM. But this was on their home web page
this morning.

(Fauci was right no more restaurants.)

Friends of BLunch

We are temporally closing out of an abundance of caution.

We had more than one employee test positive for the virus.

We are delaying re-opening until we have everybody's test results.

We are scheduled to re-open Friday, July, 31st for carry out only and we hope to resume dining room service
on Saturday, August 1st.

When we do re-open, we will do so following the guidance of ODH and the CDC.

Take care and thank you for your support.



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Columbus, OH (Clintonville): "The Beast" is here. This is a note from a nice little local eatery. (Original Post) Botany Jul 2020 OP
It's not safe to eat anywhere. luvs2sing Jul 2020 #1
Outside of the sick, the dead, the suffering, and a crashed economy what pisses me off is that ... Botany Jul 2020 #2
Not surprising. luvs2sing Jul 2020 #4
If Hillary were president, maybe a lot of this would be different but Merlot Jul 2020 #5
My friend in CO said their governor is doing Alliepoo Jul 2020 #3
A friend of mine who lives in Pennsylvania PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #10
I live in Dayton... FarPoint Jul 2020 #6
I miss Dayton for the restaraunts alone. I would kill dewsgirl Jul 2020 #8
Hahahaha FarPoint Jul 2020 #9
I don't see the sense Ohiogal Jul 2020 #7

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
1. It's not safe to eat anywhere.
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 10:00 AM
Jul 2020

We don’t even do carry out anymore if the food has to pass through an area where people are eating. Last night, we got a fairly good pizza from Gatto’s. They had their act together.

And Ginther’s bright idea of closing everything at 11pm is ridiculous.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
2. Outside of the sick, the dead, the suffering, and a crashed economy what pisses me off is that ...
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 10:09 AM
Jul 2020

... all of this is so unnecessary. If Hillary was in her rightful place as President we would not
be going through all of this. Speaker Pelosi was right, "all roads lead to Putin."

BTW Dante's does a good job too.

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
4. Not surprising.
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 10:18 AM
Jul 2020

We haven’t been to Dante’s is quite a while but, since Pizza House, our favorite, tries hard but isn’t really set up well for distancing (and is always busy), we need to revisit Dante’s.

Yes, so unnecessary. We should be getting back to normal for for real instead of whistling past the graveyard and falling into the graves.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
5. If Hillary were president, maybe a lot of this would be different but
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 10:20 AM
Jul 2020

republicans would still be obstructing as much as they possibly could.

Alliepoo

(2,196 posts)
3. My friend in CO said their governor is doing
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 10:12 AM
Jul 2020

Something similar to what Ginther is doing-except he’s closing bars at 10pm instead of 11. Something about inebriated people letting down their guard in respect to physical distancing. I asked her if that wouldn’t prompt peeps to drink more before the 10 o’clock final call? Nothing that I know of says a person can’t get hammered before 10 or 11!! Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
10. A friend of mine who lives in Pennsylvania
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:51 AM
Jul 2020

told me that when the restaurants re-opened there they could not serve alcohol. Same bullshit excuse about people getting inebriated and not distancing. This is a state that only sells liquor through state stores, and they closed down all the liquor stores when they first closed down.

A random semi-related thought: I always thought that closing bars and liquor stores on an election day was truly dumb. After all, if your candidate wins, you want to be able to celebrate. Conversely, if your candidate loses, you may want to drown your sorrows.

FarPoint

(12,209 posts)
6. I live in Dayton...
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 10:43 AM
Jul 2020

I have not eaten out at a restaurant yet...just take out. It's just as rampant with COVID-19 here ..still lots of ignorant deniers...I imagine even carry out is a risk...

FarPoint

(12,209 posts)
9. Hahahaha
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:50 AM
Jul 2020

I understand about Marions. Pizza...There is one in Clayton/ Englewood area near my house... popular with our family.

Ohiogal

(31,669 posts)
7. I don't see the sense
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 11:00 AM
Jul 2020

in the 11:00 closing, either. Not like people can’t get smashed and let their guard down before 11 pm. That seems to me like trying to put out a house fire with a watering can.

As far as takeout, I think it depends on the establishment. We only patronize maybe two of them who are conscientious taking precautions. I have not been inside a restaurant to dine since late February and don’t plan on doing so again for a long time. Next year maybe. If a successful vaccine comes out and enough people get it, that is.

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