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Tim and Emily Lewis opened two new eateries in full COVID-19 dine-in ban mode. So they figured a month was ample time to relocate their established bakery, especially since such restrictions have all but been erased.
But the Springfield couple behind Three Twigs Bakery & Bistro are finding government regulations aren’t the only hurdles to opening a business a year into the pandemic.
The public will get its first taste of the bakery’s new home at 3429 Freedom Drive April 24 two weeks later than the Lewise originally planned to begin dine-in services.
And Emily is calling even that milestone more of a “celebration” than an actual opening.
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Spokespeople for both brands confirmed early projected opening timelines have been pushed back.
Million’s Crab won’t be opening at 2100 West White Oaks Drive until March now.
November 2020 was the original projected opening for the Cajun seafood restaurant that focuses on seafood boils.
Million’s Crab began with a single restaurant in West Chester, Ohio, last summer. Today there are four locations and nearly a dozen openings planned in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to the company website. Planned Illinois locations include two Chicago addresses in addition to Springfield.
The Seattle-based MOD Pizza has pushed the opening date back to May for its first downstate location in the new duplex at 2401 Wabash Ave.
The newly-reported number of COVID-19 cases over the past four days in Sangamon County has pushed the count to over 13,000, health officials said Monday.
The 257 cases span from Friday to Monday. The highest number was 75 on Friday. The total number of cases reached 13,018, and the death toll remained at 166.
The county report included an extra day because Christmas fell on Friday.
Logan County reported two deaths and 139 new COVID cases over a one-week period.
Morgan County reported three deaths over its five-day reporting period from Thursday to Monday. The 60 additional confirmed cases pushed its overall total to just over 3,000.
Cass County reported 49 cases new cases over the four-day period, including 39 from Monday. Its overall case count is 1,556.