Yep, me too. Cassia also cancelled my resy for July 12th.
Redbird confirmed they are remaining open with their outdoor dining and taking reservations.
Speaking of Redbird - they offer 3 seating options - Redbird Courtyard, Redbird Garden, Vibiana Courtyard.
I have been to their patio which I think is RedBird Courtyard. What about the other options? Which one is the prettier of the 3? Thinking of a family celebratory dinner soon.
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For places offering sidewalk dining, have restaurants and/or cit(ies) set-up any sort of barriers to protect diners in the event of a car accident - crash barriers or such?
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Lol
Ugh.
bummer
They have outside seating setup. Gonna swing by tonight.
RĂŠpublique had a few 2 tops set on the sidewalk.
@Beam. The Redbird courtyard is the most polished if that is what you like, since itâs just the outside part of the regular restaurant. The Redbird garden and vibiana gardens are where they hold wedding events. Vibiana is probably nicer. It is paved and is basically in front of the old âchurchâ. The Redbird garden is between the two, with gravel floors and some trees. It really depends on the vibe you want b/w the three.
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Delight
Interesting data point regarding dine in, credit card transactions and spike in various states.
JPMORGAN: â⌠we find a positive correlation between levels of [credit-card] activity three weeks ago and the spread of COVID-19 since then.â Of all indicators, âthe highest correlation ⌠is the level of âcard-presentâ (essentially in-person) restaurant spending âŚâ
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While it may be true that there has been significant in-restaurant spread (something I doubt, if the business and the patrons are adhering to relatively simple measures) this data set is ridiculous, IMHO. There are so many confounding factors. Furthermore, even with my dim recollection of statistics, I believe an r² of 0.37 is not highly correlative.
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Itâs more likely that more people dine out means more social interactions overall in society everywhere which results in more infectionsâŚnot causation.
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This was my assumption as well. In-person dining credit-card use is a proxy for other things.
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Given how many people canât even wear masks properly and the numerous reports of restaurants not adhering to standards during the initial re-opening, I donât have a lot of faith in enough people practicing appropriate measures.
Fair point which also caught my eye originally and this was addressed in the thread comments of the original post. That there were other factors. It is difficult to have a nuanced data driven conversation via that medium.
All in all, I didnât take it as gospel, but just another data point that seemed to match other data. As it seems like states that had the biggest rise seems to be the ones who allowed re-opening the fastest especially contrasted with states that had protests but no businesses opening.
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Restaurant employees bear most of the risk. They have to interact with each other indoors for a whole shift. As in grocery stores, employees interact with many customers for a whole shift, while the customers interact with only one server. Employees infect others in their households, who may work at other restaurants.
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I just got back from the Westfield Century City mall. In addition to the usual maskless cohort, there were a fair number of people who think the way to wear a mask is to sling it around their neck. It did not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling, but at least our infection rate is lower than Arizona. Thereâs that.
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And Florida! ::running and ducking:: 
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there are benefits and drawbacks to living in a melting pot. a bunch of folks here simply are not going to wear masks. move to Japan? too bad, I donât think they are taking Americans right now.
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