joining me now from dallas is nbc news correspondent morgan chesky. morgan, the restaurant down the street from my house had to go dark for a few days because everybody was calling out sick. >> reporter: katy, we're seeing that all across the state. i had a reservation this past week had a had to be canceled because the establishment shut down temporarily because of shortage of staffing. we're here in dallas's deep ellum neighborhood, a hotspot for bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and particularly the smaller venues here are feeling this omicron wave especially hard, because it could come down to having one or two people call in sick, either from having covid-19 or from being exposed to covid-19 and having to quarantine at home. that could cause a significant issue. we'll hear what one bar owner had to tell us about the impact on his own establishment. take a listen. >> it's frustrating for me. it's frustrating for my staff. i'm sure it's frustrating for patrons. i wish we had more tests and it was just easier for people to get tested like it was, you know, maybe during the delta