ACCUSED OF ATTACKING IN AN
UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.
I'M CHRIS WRAGGE.
NOW ON CBS 2 AND STREAMING ON
CBSN NEW YORK.
WE BEGIN ON THE ROAD TO
REOPENING.
NEW JERSEY RESTAURANTS WILL
SOON BE OPEN FOR INDOOR DINING,
BUT WITH RESTRICTIONS.
CBS 2'S NICK CALOWAY IS LIVE IN
NEW JERSEY WITH MORE.
NICK.
REPORTER: CHRIS,
RESTAURANTS WERE SET TO BEGIN
INDOOR DINING NEARLY TWO MONTHS
AGO, THEN THAT PLAN WAS PUT ON
HOLD UNTIL NOW.
RESTAURANTS CAN FINALLY LET
CUSTOMERS EAT INSIDE BEGINNING
THIS FRIDAY.
THE DINER HAS BEEN SCRAPING BY
WITH OUTDOOR DINING, JUST
BARELY, SAYS DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO
REALLY SUSTAIN THE BUSINESS
FULLY LIKE WE NORMALLY DO,
BECAUSE WE RELY ON VOLUME.
SO WE ARE BARELY GETTING BY,
HONESTLY.
THE NEWS COULDN'T COME SOON
ENOUGH.
RESTAURANTS IN NEW JERSEY CAN
ALLOW INDOOR DINING STARTING
FRIDAY AT 25% CAPACITY.
SOCIAL DISTANCING BETWEEN
TABLES IS REQUIRED AND STAFF
WILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.
THE MILESTONE COMES AHEAD OF
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND AS COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE SURE TO MINE
DINING OUTSIDE LESS APPEALING.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING
AT AND SCARED ABOUT.
IT'S GOING TO GET COLD FAST.
USUALLY, WE ARE ABLE TO DO
OUTSIDE THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
BUT THEN ONCE OCTOBER HITS, IT
STARTS TO GET A LOT COLDER
QUICKLY, TOO.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PANDEMIC, SOME CUSTOMERS ARE
NOT READY TO EAT INSIDE.
I LIKE BEING OUTDOORS.
I LIKE THE FRESH AIR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SIT
IN A RESTAURANT AND EAT.
OTHERS ARE OPEN TO DINE-IN,
WHERE IT'S SAFE.
I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE
MOVING FORWARD WITH LIFE AND
JUST LET THINGS HAPPEN AND TAKE
AS MANY PRECAUTIONS AS WE CAN,
BUT NOT HOLD OURSELF BACK.
THE 25% CAPACITY ONLY MEANS
30 CUSTOMERS INDOORS.
BUT AFTER MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS
OF NO CUSTOMERS INSIDE, IT'S A
START.
REPORTER: MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT RESTRICTIONS ON INDOOR
DINING WILL BE RELEASED IN AN
HOUR AT GOVERNOR MURPHY'S PRESS
