Owner Blanca Acevedo said there weren’t too many people dining in for the first couple of days and was expecting it would take a few weeks for people to start making their way back. There wasn’t enough business, so we’re thrilled that we’re back open.”Īndaluz Restaurant, Bar, Nightclub on South Central Avenue, in Quincy, opened for indoor dining Sunday. “We tried the to-go thing when everyone was doing to-gos and we just couldn’t do it,” she said. While every other table is now marked off, unable to be used, she said she is happy patrons can dine in the warmth again. The Country Deli, also on Basin Street, had seating with doors open and a carbon dioxide tank during Phase 1, said waitress Megan Belize. Pizza is built for takeout, said Jen Johnson of Time Out Pizza on Basin Street, so it didn’t lose much business when indoor seating halted. Other Ephrata businesses were affected less by phase changes. Right now, Big Daddy’s can only allow 25% of its maximum capacity of 240 patrons. “They shut us down in November, and we’ve just been in limbo land waiting for Inslee to let us reopen.”Įven with the new phase, many bar owners in Ephrata are choosing to remain closed until they can operate at full capacity, Ripperger said. “It’s been a long process,” Ripperger said. In September, it finally reopened just to be shut down again, back to Phase 1, in November. To reopen, it had to re-up its menu and swap its nightclub license for a restaurant one. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan.īig Daddy’s Bar was first shut down in March 2020, Ripperger said. While all businesses were affected differently during Phase 1 restrictions, they rejoiced in the wake of Phase 2 of Gov. “A lot of the local people just didn’t have a place where they could go sit and have a beer,” said Clay Ripperger, manager of Big Daddy’s Sports Bar on First Avenue in Ephrata. Business owners and community members began adjusting Monday to opportunities available since Washington state transitioned into Phase 2.
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