While physical distancing requirements have meant reduced capacity for most restaurants, a Vancouver café has found a unique way to fill seats: full-sized mannequins. Instead of using arrows or stickers to maintain a two-metre distance between customers, Roundel Cafe is putting mannequins in chairs to take up space. Dena Sananin, owner of Roundel Café, stirs coffee near a couple of mannequins which she added to the café to promote physical distancing in Vancouver on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Roundel Café seated 48 customers before pandemic restrictions, but capacity has been reduced by half to 24 seats. Burcu Ozdemir, owner of Burcu’s Angels Vintage Boutique, sits in front of Crepe, one of the mannequins she donated to help Roundel Café promote physical distancing.

Source: CBC News June 12, 2020 20:39 UTC