Restaurants and Bars in the Phoenix Area Are Beginning to Close Due to COVID-19 ... Again

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It is going to be a long summer-and probably tension filled for many.




Restaurants and Bars in the Phoenix Area Are Beginning to Close Due to COVID-19 ... Again
Lauren Cusimano | June 16, 2020 | 3:37pm


In mid-March, we began to report on Valley restaurants closing their dining rooms because of the coronavirus.

Three months later, here we go again.

Though many restaurant owners have made it apparent they will not be reopening until case numbers see a decline, others in metropolitan Phoenix have reopened with an abundance of safety precautions. For some, the decision of when to open was extremely difficult.


Starting in late May, and continuing through this past weekend, reports of food industry workers testing positive for coronavirus have picked up speed. Some of those reports have come in the form of official statements from restaurant groups and their spokespeople, while others have been made by employees via social media.


Many restaurants have now re-closed in-house dining as a result.

That includes La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen in Gilbert, The Shop Beer Co. in Tempe, and SanTan Brewing Co. in Chandler. A slew of Arcadia-area eateries — Zipps Sports Grill, Chelsea’s Kitchen, Hash Kitchen, The Porch — have also closed back down.

And the posts keep coming. Some places are fully closed, others are regressing back to takeout and delivery only.

Crust Simply Italian Scottsdale, Aioli Gourmet Burgers, and Chzburger in Glendale are all back to curbside only. .................................

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[Initech]

1. I have a feeling that we'll be in this cycle from now through the end of the pandemic.

[soothsayer]

2. 3 months was enough to pummel the virus in New York

And wipe it out in New Zealand.

If only we’d taken it seriously across the nation, things would be way different.

[crickets]

4. With good leadership and long term planning, plus a little patience, yes.

None of those things are in good supply in the WH right now.

[soothsayer]

6. True dat.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Trump's next rally in Arizona will go on a planned....

Let those tens of thousands of people camp out, starve, as they possibly contract COVID. Arizona never closed down statewide. Their virus cases are going up faster then they can contain it.

[Aristus]

5. Meanwhile, a stupid kid is hurting from the burn he got touching the stove after his mother told him

not to...

[tanyev]

7. Huh. So there was a valid reason things were ordered to shut down?

Go figure.