Goodbye masks, hello full bars: California lifts Covid rules in grand reopening yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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It seems likely that most of us haven’t been barhopping in the last 14 months. It’s possible that we’ve been yearning for an opportunity to meet up with a few friends and catch up over a glass of wine or a beer and some salty snacks. But we’ve sublimated those yearnings; we’ve been cautious and hunkered down, concerned about our well-being and the health of others.
But now that California is loosening pandemic restrictions, you may be reconsidering your options as more bars are reopening or preparing to reopen.
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Los propietarios de bares sopesan reabrir mientras Los Ángeles pasa al nivel naranja latimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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On Monday when Los Angeles County moves into the next tier of reopening guidance, bars without food service can begin pouring drinks again some for the first time in more than a year.
“There’s no two ways about it: It’s really tough,” said Brett Winfield, operations director for hospitality group Pouring with Heart. “I would say that beyond Prohibition, there’s been nothing more challenging for bars specific, without food ever happen.”
Winfield and his colleagues operate nearly 20 bars in Los Angeles, including the Varnish, Bar Clacson, Las Perlas and the Normandie Club, and nearly all have been closed since June. Now that L.A. bars without food can start to reopen, he says the beverage group can finally plan its return.