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Alpena resident Ray Speaks, Bay City resident Larry Doan, and Doug Moen, who works in Alpena, dine in at Mango’s Tequila Bar on Monday, the day restaurants could reopen to 25% capacity.
ALPENA Northeast Michigan restaurants inched one-quarter of the way back to normal on Monday.
Restaurants in Michigan were allowed to re-open for dine-in service at 25% capacity on Monday, with a 10 p.m. curfew, after state officials in November halted indoor dining in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Many restaurant owners and customers were excited to see familiar faces, and the return to in-person dining gave them a sense of normalcy that’s been missing for months.