Winnipeg restaurant owners are looking forward to a patio season that is perhaps more anxiously anticipated than any other they've experienced. Properly distanced customers can be seated on patios starting Monday, but indoor dining rooms must remain closed for now. Restaurants still face a number of restrictions, though, including a requirement that they operate at no more than half their normal capacity. Within the hour, Kilgour called one of his employees into work to scrub the floors and dust off the patio furniture. He figures a number of restaurants won't open their patios for May 4 — the start of patio season often coincides with the May long weekend.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2020 01:44 UTC