For Northern Virginia Restaurants, Reopening Is Full of Moving Targets | Eater DC

"Co-owner Matt Rofougaran spent last week hustling to make his Alexandria beer garden as safe from COVID-19 as possible: he raced to Home Depot to buy supplies for a plexiglass sneeze-guard to separate customers and bartenders, stocked shelves that usually held glasses and plates with face masks and disinfectant wipes, and planned to rearrange the back patio to space tables 10 feet apart—well beyond the state's 6-foot minimum; after Northern Virginia's reopening was delayed, the patio will sit empty this weekend, disappointing regulars who had been trying to reserve, but he says he doesn't want to open and risk his employees or customers getting sick." - Adele Chapin