A ‘New Normal’, As Georgia Restaurants Allowed To Reopen

Xuan Le wears as mask as she cleans her work station as Envy Nail Bar prepared to open on Friday in Savannah, Georgia.

Russ Bynum / Associated Press

Updated at 4 p.m. Monday 

With tables wide apart and staff wearing masks, some Georgia restaurants reopened for limited dine-in service Monday as the state loosened more coronavirus restrictions, but many eateries remained closed amid concerns that serving in-house meals could put employees and customers at risk.

The dine-in service and movie screenings were allowed to resume a few days after some other businesses, including barbershops, gyms, tattoo shops and nail salons, began seeing customers. While many of those establishments gratefully opened their doors Friday after a monthlong closure, others did not feel ready. A similar mixed response played out Monday.