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Scattered thunderstorms during the evening. Cloudy skies after midnight. A few storms may be severe. Low 51F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50%. Updated: May 29, 2021 @ 6:39 am
JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE file
Three weeks after Colorado Springs-area restaurants were allowed to reopen their dining rooms at 25% seating capacity, some have kept their doors closed.
Sure, 25% capacity is better than nothing for many restaurants and allows them to generate additional revenue beyond what some were eking out from curbside and delivery service.
But for others, a quarter of their dining room customers isn’t worth turning on the lights, firing up the ovens and bringing back employees especially with lingering uncertainty about whether the COVID-19 pandemic could force another full-scale closure.
“We are still hopeful to reopen once we feel like we’re in the clear,” said Dave Lavin of Fargo’s Pizza in Colorado Springs, whose wife, Paula, and brother-in-law, Evan Gardner, compose the restaurant’s ownership.
Fargo s Pizza, a longtime Colorado Springs favorite that closed its doors Dec. 6, will remain shuttered for the time being, its owners say. The Old West-themed restaurant, northeast of Platte Avenue and Circle Drive, opened in 1973; its owners hope conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic will improve enough to allow them to reopen by late spring. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE
JERILEE BENNETT