Many restaurants and bar owners were surprised by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s announcement that Ohio restaurants could open their patios on May 15 with social distancing. Given that their operations had been reduced to execution and delivery for two months, they were eager to take advantage of the new rules. So they were busy washing electricity, getting out the tables and chairs, and measuring the distances between the tables.
The group that created the guidelines for Ohio chose to use specific distancing guidelines instead of a percentage of capacity, as it did in some other states. Groups of 10 people can sit together, with tables three feet apart or with physical barriers in between.
Still, it’s a new world for restaurant owners who aren’t sure how many employees to bring back, how to get their supply chains going again, and how exactly they are going to protect their employees. It’s not exactly crowded outdoors either, with weather probably a bigger variable than anything else. For some, this may be a good start until May 21, when Ohio restaurants are allowed to open indoor dining areas with distancing measures. Kentucky restaurants are allowed to reopen 33% of the time on May 22nd. Indiana has already allowed restaurants to reopen 50% of the time.
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Some streets in the city center and across the Rhine will be closed so that the restaurants can continue to be served outdoors.
So if you think you are ready, you can now sit on a terrace and order a drink and something to eat, just like the good old days two months ago. Remember, DeWine doesn’t open any restaurants as the coronavirus threat is over. It is not. Please be careful. And please. Be nice. Restaurants go through enough.
Not every restaurant and bar has decided to take advantage of the May 15th opening. But the following is, although it is not an exhaustive list.
Downtown and central
Mom ‘n’ Em Coffee, Camp Washington
Fireplace Pizza, Walnut Hills
Shires’ Garden roof, downtown
Taste of Belgium, across the Rhine, on the banks and in the Rookwood
BrewDog, Pendleton
The Mercer over the Rhine
Mecklenburg Gardens, Corryville
Gaslight Bar & Grill, Clifton
Galla Park, downtown
Holy Grail Pub, downtown
Rosedale Bar, over the Rhine
Pickled Pig, Walnut Hills
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Aladdins, over the Rhine
Elis Grill, East End
Branch, East Walnut Hills
Pepp and Dolores, over the Rhine
Bakersfield, across the Rhine
Kreugers, over the Rhine
City View Tavern, Mount Adams
Somm, East Price Hill
Incline Public House, East Price Hill
Nicholson’s, downtown
Abagail Street, across the Rhine
Corn, over the Rhine
Senate, over the Rhine
McCormick & Schmick’s, downtown
west
Ron’s sleeping place, Bridgetown
Cabana on the river, Sayler Park
Jim & Jack is on the river, riverside
Wicked Good Pub and Grill, White Oak
Tela, Wyoming
Station BBQ, Wyoming
Littlefield and Second Place, Northside
Dojo Gelato, north side
Third and Main, Aurora, Indiana
Linnie’s Pub, Delhi
east
Senate Pub, Blue Ash
Slatt’s Pub, Blue Ash
Through the garden, blue ashes
Arthur’s Cafe, Hyde Park
E + O, Hyde Park
Keystone, Hyde Park
The birch, terrace park
Urban Grill, Newtown
20 Brix, Milford
Karrikin, Fairfax
Relax in the Hyde Park wine bar
Pirate Bay, Columbia Tusculum
Mesa Loca, Hyde Park
Brew River, Linwood
RP McMurphy’s Pub, Oakley
Dana Gardens, Norwood
St. Bernard Pub, St. Bernard
Sorrento’s Italian joint, Norwood
Wiedemann Brewery, St. Bernard
The Oak Tavern, Oakley
The pub Rookwood, Norwood
O’Bryon’s Bar & Grill, O’Bryonville
north
Episcopal Quarter, Loveland
Five Bistro, Hamilton
Mei, Montgomery
Empanadas here, Mason
MVP Sports Bar and Grill, Silverton
Pacific Cuisine, Montgomery
Piccolo Wine Bar, Glendale
Aladdins, West Chester
DeSha, Symmes Township
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