In a devastating blow to Los Angeles’ struggling restaurant and hospitality industry, L.A. County public health officials on Sunday announced they will suspend outdoor dining at restaurants amid a surge of new coronavirus cases. “It’s not good, but there’s nothing we can do,” said Shaw, who feared the ban on outdoor dining would extend beyond three weeks. L.A. County will suspend dining at restaurants, even outdoors, starting Wednesday. Simhai said he had just spent money boarding up Della Terra in case there was post-election unrest, on top of the added costs of outdoor dining equipment. Outdoor dining is not the reason the caseloads are going up,” contended Caroline Styne, a restaurateur and sommelier and co-owner of AOC, Tavern and the Larder.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 22, 2020 23:30 UTC