Rhode Island allows bars to reopen this weekend
PROVIDENCE — Bars and bar-areas of restaurants in Rhode Island will be able to open again this weekend — just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Bars had been ordered to close as part of Governor Gina Raimondo’s “pause” on the economy in November, a move that also limited capacities at restaurants and forced gyms, indoor recreation areas, and casinos to close temporarily. While restaurants saw COVID-related restrictions ease on Jan. 29, bars and the bar-areas inside restaurants still had to remain closed, until now.
A few restrictions will remain in place, industry experts told the Globe: Bar areas will have to close by 11 p.m. And while the one-household-per-table restriction has been lifted, only a maximum of four people from two different households may sit together, and they can only remain seated for 90 minutes.
There is also a minimum of 6 feet of spacing between parties at the bar, or 3 feet of spacing if the restaurant places barriers, such as plexiglass, at the bar.
Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/02/11/metro/rhode-island-allows-bars-reopen-this-weekend/
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