Bars and nightclubs prepare to reopen with or without masks, at full capacity
JENNIFER MONASTESSE, manager of McBride s Irish Pub in Providence, is asking her customers to continue to wear masks indoors when not at their tables. / PBN PHOTO BY MARY MACDONALD.
PROVIDENCE – After more than a year of reminding patrons to wear their masks when they aren’t seated, bar owners and managers suddenly are free to decide whether they want to continue doing that, or operate with fewer restrictions.
The choice is theirs, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced last week, quickly following on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that said Americans who are vaccinated no longer need to wear masks indoors or outside in most situations.