Milton
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Indoor dining is now generally accepted as a prime source of Covid-19 transmission, so has been banned where I live.
Outdoor dining is relatively safe and remains legal. However, with winter on the way and temperatures falling, it is less and less comfortable; so many restaurants are reacting by building elaborate tented structures. But of course if you have a roof to retain heat, and walls to block the wind, there’s no natural ventilation and IMO you’re no longer really “outdoors” at all.
Guidelines require at least two sides of any enclosure must be fully open to the weather: but that rarely seems to be complied with (or, I presume, enforced).
The more restaurants I see adopting this dubious tactic, the more I believe that all restaurants should just be shut down altogether. The KISS Principle applies.
Outdoor dining is relatively safe and remains legal. However, with winter on the way and temperatures falling, it is less and less comfortable; so many restaurants are reacting by building elaborate tented structures. But of course if you have a roof to retain heat, and walls to block the wind, there’s no natural ventilation and IMO you’re no longer really “outdoors” at all.
Guidelines require at least two sides of any enclosure must be fully open to the weather: but that rarely seems to be complied with (or, I presume, enforced).
The more restaurants I see adopting this dubious tactic, the more I believe that all restaurants should just be shut down altogether. The KISS Principle applies.