Eating outdoors in Battersea, London, last September – due to be allowed again from 12 April. Photograph: Johnny Armstead/Rex
Eating outdoors in Battersea, London, last September – due to be allowed again from 12 April. Photograph: Johnny Armstead/Rex
Sun 14 Mar 2021 01.15 EST
Britons are planning to “eat, drink and be merry” once lockdown lifts, with many pubs and restaurants already fully booked for several months.
Those keen to make up for lost time have inundated venues in England with bookings for tables in beer gardens for when they are scheduled to reopen on 12 April.
When the Birmingham restaurant, Craft, started to take bookings on 24 February just after the April easing was announced by the prime minister, 147 groups – 601 people – reserved seats within 20 minutes.
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