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River Walk barges are back but staffing and restaurant squabble still limiting routes, services
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Bill Lyons, owner of Casa Rio restaurant on the River Walk, stands by the restaurant on the San Antonio River as a barge travels by on Friday, May 28, 2021. A dispute between restaurant owners and Go RIO, the operators of dinner barge tours, has prevented the dinner boats from returning.Billy Calzada, Staff / Staff Photographer
The tourists are coming back, but San Antonio’s River Walk barge tours can’t meet the demand because of a shortage of workers including boat captains.
It’s keeping more than half the fleet off the river, leading to curtailed services and lengthy waits for would-be passengers.
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Safety vs. profits: San Antonio restaurants, bars wrestle with Abbott s reopening, needing the money but also wanting to stay safe
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Dorrie Hall and Gail Smith enjoy luck at Jason Dady s Tre Trattoria located at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Dady said he will not change any of the social distancing and mask requirements at any of his restaurants come Wednesday.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Marie smith and Annie Lutz enjoy lunch at Tre Trattoria.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Gina Ortiz Jones and Ana Martinez Charmorro enjoy lunch at Tre Trattoria.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Many of San Antonio s tourist attractions will still require masks - but see trouble ahead
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At many of San Antonio’s busiest tourist attractions, the rule won’t change face masks required.
But Gov. Abbott’s order abolishing the state mandate to wear face coverings in public places, effective March 10, will put workers and managers in a difficult if not impossible position when guests insist on going bare-faced.
“Now it’s going to be on us if we require masks,” said Davis Phillips, owner of Ripley’s Haunted Adventure and two attractions near the Alamo. “It puts us in a confrontational position with our guests. We don’t want to do that.
Many visitors go without masks on the River Walk
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Some visitors to downtown San Antonio and the River Walk are seen not wearing masks on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Some visitors to downtown San Antonio and the River Walk are seen not wearing masks on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Some visitors to downtown San Antonio and the River Walk are seen not wearing masks on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Photos by Kin Man Hui / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Some visitors to downtown San Antonio and the River Walk are seen not wearing masks on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less