Detroit Restaurants Take Cautious Steps Toward Dine-In Service | Eater Detroit

"At Taqueria El Nacimiento on West Vernor Highway I observed a busy first day back: we opened at 9 a.m. and customers returned eagerly after five weeks of closure. The family-operated spot—open for 19 years—had been busy with carryout during the shutdown, kept employees on rotating shifts, built metal-framed plexiglass dividers to place between booths and to enclose the register, requires staff to wear masks and thoroughly sanitizes everything on tables (from salt shakers to menus) between guests, currently seats about 90 patrons at 50 percent capacity while adding a new patio area, and is prioritizing staff PPE over policing customer mask use because they don’t want to put themselves in confrontational situations; overall, it felt like people were starting to get back to the restaurant atmosphere little by little." - Brenna Houck