The Governor Turned Dallas Restaurants Into Enforcers
A Dallas dining scene not ready to do away with the mask mandate reels as its situation changes yet again.
By Eve Hill-Agnus
Published in
Food & Drink
March 5, 2021
9:04 am
Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to eliminate the mandate that has kept restaurant capacity limited and masks secured to faces sparked concern and baffled a restaurant community that was taken off guard by the sudden evaporation of health-minded measures. Next Wednesday, the statewide order disappears. It marks a shift of responsibility to business owners who will now determine and enforce their own rules. It puts restaurant owners providers of hospitality in the precarious position of enforcer.