'If they feel safe', Businesses decide to keep or lose the mask mandate
“I think we’re still not done with the virus. I think the virus is still going on,” said employee Amit Bulchandani. Author: Mike McDaniel / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 10:21 PM CDT April 28, 2021 Updated: 10:23 PM CDT April 28, 2021
ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. — At Coffee &... in Norco, coffee is hot, beignets are sweet, and masks are optional.
“Pretty much leaving it up to the customers and the employees,” said owner Cheryl Deleon. “If they want to wear it and they feel safer for wearing it then that’s fine.
Deleon is one of many business owners in St. Charles Parish who had to decide whether to put a policy on the menu Wednesday morning. That’s when the statewide mandate ended, leaving the decision up to local governments and business owners.