During a Wednesday webinar from San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, SF Deputy Health Officer Dr. Susan Phillip announced that SF restaurant owners should plan to reopen their dining rooms on March 3, assuming that COVID-19 infection rates continue to drop. Of course, if there’s anything the past …

This is a breaking story, and will be updated as more information is provided The improvements in COVID-19 infection rates for five California counties will allow them to move from the purple to the red tier in the state’s color-coded reopening plan, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday morning. It’s a …

This post originally appeared on February 20, 2020 in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week. Read the archives and subscribe now. I’m curious about your position on indoor dining. I’ve read through all the articles, …

On February 9, Gov. Kate Brown announced that risk levels for COVID-19 in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties were low enough that restaurants would be permitted to serve a limited number of diners indoors this week. Indoor dining rooms closed in November, when infection rates were triple that of 2020’s …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, now President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, told CNBC in December that it might not be safe to dine indoors until the fall of 2021, by which time a significant portion of the population should theoretically be vaccinated. Few local leaders, however, appear to be heeding that …