Michigan restaurants are reopening indoor dining today: what to know

WEST BLOOMFIELD, me. Monday is a big day for Michigan restaurants – after nearly three months, restaurants can reopen to eat in.

However, they can only be at 25% capacity and there is a 10pm curfew.

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It’s a day Michiganders has waited patiently, not so patiently – the return of personalized dining.

“We have been preparing for this all week and we are very hopeful that we will go in a direction that will work for us,” said Hanna Carter, manager of Pickles & Rye Deli in West Bloomfield.

Restaurants can only open for 25%, but Carter said that won’t be a problem.

“We spread it out neatly with every other booth,” Carter said. “And we have all our tables ready.”

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However, Stage Deli owner Steve Goldberg said the crew will wait a little longer before reopening for the doors to the dining area.

“The dining room for a Jewish delicatessen is more than just food. It’s about energy, it’s about spirit. It’s about camaraderie, it’s about neighbors, ”Goldberg said. “And with 25% occupation and masks required at the table, it’s very difficult to get that energy.”

Regardless, the restaurant will continue to uphold execution and curbs until they are truly ready for more about an impactful return to normalcy.

“When things get easier, we’ll come back and open when we need to,” Goldberg said.

Not only the customers are ready to eat at the table again, but the employees also come back.

“We’ve built up our workforce,” Carter said. “Of course we had to get smaller, but now we were able to get in touch and we have certainly got more people to our team.”

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