Ohio ,USA — A North Canton Ohio café has found an unusual way to maintain social distancing ahead of its reopening on May 21 by installing shower-curtain liners as dividers between tables.An unusual social-distancing solution already is in place at breakfast cafe Twisted Citrus, which will reopen for sit-down dining on May 21, as allowed by the state.
“I came up with the idea of clear vinyl shower-curtain liners as dividers between tables,” co-owner Kim Shapiro said. “They’re suspended from the ceiling with hooks and drop down to where the back of a chair would be.“We can spray (the curtains) down with Lysol and COVID cleaner spray,” she said.
Stark County restaurants are preparing to reopen following Gov. Mike DeWine’s announcement Thursday that restaurants and bars can begin serving patrons on their outdoor patios and outside dining areas on May 15. Inside service, including for meals, will not be permitted until May 21, with virus precautions required such as six-foot social distancing between tables.
At Twisted Citrus, tables have been rearranged to face back to back, with the idea of limiting contact between parties. The new floor plan reduces seating capacity from 80 people to 55.
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“It’s nice (Ohio is) letting restaurants be responsible enough to make decisions for themselves,” Shapiro said. “We are catering to the people who are comfortable to come out to a restaurant with precautions. We’re trying to make our guests know that we’ve done something different and that we care.
“We’re being as serious as we can about it but it’s still the hospitality business. We don’t want to make our guests feel like they’re on constant alert,” she said. “It’s a struggle.”
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“It could be worse,” he said. “I’m a little disappointed we’ve got to wait until the 21st, when (restaurant) patios can open on the 15th. A lot of restaurants don’t have patios. It’s Ohio.”
