August 21, 2020
According to a blog post for the City of Philadelphia, indoor dining is back in Philadelphia starting September 8, 2020. Most of Philadelphia’s guidelines and restrictions are consistent with statewide rules.
Here are some new guidelines and updates you should know:
- A maximum of four people can be seated together inside. If you have more than four people in your party, you will be seated at separate tables that are at least six feet apart. Six people per table are allowed for outdoor dining.
- You’ll see fewer people around you. Restaurants cannot allow more than 25 percent of their normal capacity.
- You cannot sit at a bar. Alcohol can be served only for on-site consumption at your table when in the same transaction as your meal.
- Servers must wear both masks and face shields for additional protection. Diners must wear masks when they aren’t seated at their table.
- Restaurants will be installing sneeze guards or partitions in their kitchens and at cash registers, host stands, and food pickup areas, where maintaining physical distance of at least six feet is difficult.
On September 8, more restrictions will be lifted. In addition to indoor dining, the City will allow indoor live theater venues and movie theaters.
More Reopenings in Philadelphia
As of August 20, the Department of Public Health is allowing these venues to reopen with restrictions:
- Bowling alleys
- Arcades
- Game spaces (ax throwing, mini-golf, pool, ping pong, escape rooms, and other indoor game facilities)
Feel free to contact any member of our team at (610) 828-1900 (PA) or (732) 341-3893 (NJ) with questions. Rich Higgins, CPA, managing principal – New Jersey office can be contacted at Richard.Higgins@MCC-CPAs.com.
I can be reached at Marty.McCarthy@MCC-CPAs.com.
As always, we are happy to help.
Stay safe,
Marty McCarthy, CPA, CCIFP
Managing Partner
McCarthy & Company
Sources: Accounting Today. Deloitte. Bloomberg
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