A RETIRED Dunfermline licensing expert says restaurants have been served a "raw deal" with coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
Tom Johnston, a licensing lawyer, said he felt safer in restaurants than in supermarkets when allowed to dine out last year and believes eateries are not being treated fairly.
Also understanding the plight of pubs and bars, he is hoping that places will be able to re-open at the end of April as planned.
"I am very very sorry for the pubs – until recently I was secretary of the Fife Licensed Trade Association – but it is terribly unfair that restaurants are being treated exactly the same as pubs.