HALIFAX Nova Scotia’s latest COVID-19 restrictions have some Halifax restaurant owners asking questions. When Nova Scotia announced the latest round of COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday, restaurant owner Joel Chiasson said he felt discouraged. “It feels like a big injustice,” said Chiasson. “There are a lot of things that you can do now, and one of the only things you can’t do is sit down at a table with your grandmother at a restaurant. The new restrictions require restaurants in parts of the Halifax Regional Municipality and Hants County to remain closed for in-person dining until at least Jan. 11. They can still offer takeout and delivery.
HALIFAX A disastrous year for the restaurant industry in the Maritimes continues, as restaurants, bars and cafes that survived the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are now trying to stay afloat during the second wave. The director of Saint John’s uptown district says restaurants and bars are struggling in a big way, at a time when business is usually strong. “They usually are making hay now, and then that puts them through for the first quarter, and that gets them toward the spring and into the patio season,” says Nancy Tissington, the executive director of Uptown Saint John.