But some local restaurants aren’t taking a sigh of relief, just yet.
There’s no doubt these restaurants are happy and excited to go back to business as usual, but many of them are short-staffed, meaning despite full capacity being allowed – your favorite place to eat could only be open at half capacity.
“I talk to customers, they are very happy not to have a mask, goodbye forever,” said owner of SooRah Korean Cuisine in downtown Medford, Paul Yeo.
Gone are the masks and mask mandate signs at Oregon indoor dining establishments.
Starting today, restaurants can seat full capacity for the first time since the pandemic began last March.