Businesses prep to re-open
BY ALYSSA MEIER
EDITOR
For the first time in over a month, North Dakota bars and restaurants wil l be allowed to open their dining rooms on Friday. Local restaurants were busy this week scheduling
staff and ordering supplies for the anticipated reopening, which was given the green light by Governor Doug Burgum on Monday. Burgum out lined guidelines on Tuesday for businesses that chose to reopen, requiring increased hygiene and social distancing practices. Bars and restaurants have been closed since March 19 due to COVID-19 concerns,
though many continued to operate as delivery or carryout facilities only. Kathy Key of Dakota Farms said it’s been a stressful adjustment, but getting ready to re-open the
restaurants dining areas comes with challenges of its own. Distributors are now answering to hundreds of businesses scrambling to be ready for a Friday opening.
