Some restaurants choose to close, others open after boil water advisory
Health department orders Memphis restaurants to boil water or shut down By Kelli Cook | February 19, 2021 at 10:09 PM CST - Updated February 20 at 6:53 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - This week’s heavy snowfall has caused many businesses in the Mid-South to shut down.
Many had plans to re-open Friday or this weekend until another blow courtesy of MLGW and the Shelby County Health Department.
“It was just another slap in the face, you know but I understand safety is first,” said Trap Fusion restaurant co-owner, Monique Williams.
An icy parking lot at Trinity Commons in Cordova was supposed to welcome back customers to Trap Fusion Saturday.
One week into latest health directive, restaurant owners say they are struggling
Restaurants struggle one week after new restrictions By Kelli Cook | January 1, 2021 at 10:18 PM CST - Updated January 1 at 10:34 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Saturday marks one week since Shelby County health leaders enacted Health directive 16. The move added additional restrictions to help slow down the sky-rocketing number of COVID-19 cases in the county. Operating a restaurant in Shelby County these days is a game of numbers and for Westy’s in the pinch district, the magic number is 22.
That’s how many people they can have dining inside under the Health Department’s new health directive allowing just 25% capacity for restaurants.
âOur livelihoods are at stakeâ: Memphis restaurant workers protest health directive that would shut down dining rooms
Restaurant workers protest possible new health directive that would shut down dining rooms for weeks By WMC Action News 5 Staff | December 21, 2020 at 12:25 PM CST - Updated December 23 at 2:55 PM
SHELBY CO., Tenn. (WMC) - As residents and small business owners await an updated Shelby County health directive, many are asking the health department to stay away from large scale shutdowns.
A draft order leaked over the weekend showing the department is considering going back to a stay-at-home order, shutting down indoor dining.
A large group of restaurateurs and wait staff gathered Monday in downtown Memphis to protest such an order. They say theyâve been following guidelines to the letter and support enforcement on those who arenât, but they donât support being forced to close.
Restaurant dining rooms spared in latest health directive but further capacity cuts enacted
Shelby County announces safer-at-home order limiting indoor dining By Kendall Downing | December 21, 2020 at 6:03 PM CST - Updated January 5 at 3:31 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Shelby County Health Department issued its latest directive, number 16, just before the 4 p.m. hour on Monday.
A few hours prior, groups of restauranteurs rallied outside the Shelby County Government building after a copy of a Safer At Home order was leaked over the weekend. That order, which the SCHD said was a draft, would have been similar to shutdown measures enacted in the spring and called for eliminating on-site dining at restaurants.