New York restaurant business finally resumes The number of seats is limited at 8:46 on October 1st

In New York City, where the spread of the new coronavirus was the most serious in the United States, business in restaurants finally began on the 30th of last month.

When reopening, it is required to limit the number of seats to one-fourth of the usual number.

Of these, the long-established Japanese restaurant in Manhattan, central New York, was immediately crowded with customers trying to enjoy lunch.



When resuming,


▽ limit the number of seats to one-fourth of the normal number of seats


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check the body temperature at the entrance of the store,

▽ one representative per group in case infection is confirmed You are asked to record your contact information.



In New York City, restaurant operations were initially scheduled to begin in July, but have been postponed for more than two months as the infection spread again in southern and western states. ..



At this Japanese restaurant, we were preparing to renovate the restaurant in July, so it seemed relieved that we were finally able to resume operations inside the restaurant.



The New York government will gradually relax the regulation on the number of people, but the prolonged regulation has already forced many restaurants to close down, and it will be a prerequisite for future deregulation. The outlook is uncertain as the number of infected people tends to increase again when the spread of infection is suppressed.

Vice President of Japanese Restaurant "Finally set up on the starting line"

Yasuhiro Umagoe, Vice President of Restaurant Japan, which has been operating in New York for over 50 years, said, "It's been a very long six months. I feel like I've finally reached the starting line. It's winter, and it's difficult to open outside, so it's inside the store. How do you maintain your business while the number of people you can enter is limited? This is a crucial point. "



A man who came to eat with a colleague at the company said, "I'm not worried about anything because the infection measures are taken well. I'm glad that I can enjoy eating and talking slowly unlike outside." It was.