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Hope on the menu: Restaurants, bars open doors after 6 months in Mumbai

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MUMBAI: Limited menus and a skeletal workforce marked the first day of dine-in services for hotels and restaurants that reopened Monday after a Covid-19-imposed closure lasting six months. While 30-35% restaurants opened their doors for diners, the rest are expected to follow gradually.

Principal secretary, excise, Valsa Nair-Singh announced on Monday evening that operating hours for bars and restaurants would be 8am to 10pm, clearing the earlier confusion. The uncertainty arose when excise officials began pressing bars to stop services in accordance with the 7pm deadline in force for liquor shops.

The “unlocking” permits eateries and bars in Mumbai to cover 33% of their seating capacity as against 50% in the rest of the state. The law mandates them to provide masks and sanitisers, and install CCTV cameras and thermal scanners for public safety while restoring livelihoods.

Restaurants and bars reported 50% business by end of day within the prescribed occupancy limit. Hotelier Vishal Karia’s new 160-seater restaurant at Todi Mill, Lower Parel, “had 28 people since 7.30pm when we threw open our doors and another 45-cover reservation from 9.30pm”.

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