‘Masks still required’ at these Dallas and Fort Worth restaurants and bars
‘It will give me peace of mind for those I care about,’ says the owner of Resident Taqueria in East Dallas.
Co-owner Shad Kvetko in the middle of his drive-through outside of Las Almas Rotas in Dallas, July 18, 2020. Las Almas Rotas is one of many restaurants in Dallas that have pivoted to a drive-through option to keep their business afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Las Almas Rotas will also continue to require masks for employees and customers.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
Minutes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would remove the mask mandate in Texas, Dallas chefs and restaurant owners who were opposed to the idea took to social media.
“Awful treatment. We walked in at 3 pm on a Friday, the doors were open so we assumed it was open. The gentlemen who appeared to be a server with long hair came in and very rudely told us that it was closed and continued to wave at us out the door like we had committed some sort of crime. Lock your doors if you re closed.” Jordan S., Yelp Review for Ten Bells Tavern, 11/6/2020 We all have good days and bad days, times when we re not at our gleeful best, either as an individual or a business. The worst are misinterpreted moments that lead to hurt feelings. Incidentally, restaurants and bars have the unique luxury of having all these moments, good and bad, memorialized through online reviews.