Jan 21, 2021
WHAT Just a Taste , The Great Pennsylvania Cooking Show is a live, virtual event featuring cooking demonstrations from four renowned Pennsylvania chefs, hosted by celebrity chef Roy Choi (host of Netflix s The Chef Show . The event will be free for the public to view online. WHEN & WHERE Just a Taste will be streamed live at 7 p.m. on January 26, 2021 on Harrisburg University presents’ website, www.HUConcertSeries.com, and on HU Presents’ Facebook page @HUPresents.
WHY The event will benefit hospitality employees across the state adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the presentation, viewers will be encouraged to donate to Hospitality Assistance Response of Pennsylvania (HARP), a fund managed by the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association (PRLA) which provides grants to Pennsylvania hospitality workers experiencing financial hardship. Text-to-donate information will be provided.
However, there will be some restrictions. We will allow restaurants to provide indoor dining after that date with seating of 25% of their approved occupancy, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said.
Farley said tables will be limited to a maximum of four people, and they must be from the same household. We don t want people mixing with other households.and passing infection that way, he said.
Masks must be worn at all times while inside the restaurant, except when a person is eating or drinking.
Masks must be worn at all times while inside the restaurant, except when a person is eating or drinking.
With Pennsylvania restaurants reopening following the latest government-imposed shutdown, the state has launched two new websites to help consumers find open eateries and track those accused of violating coranavirus mitigation measures.
Gene Barr
In a year of seemingly unending challenges for businesses across the state, Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest mitigation orders will tragically be the final death knell for many, particularly in the hospitality industry. Banning indoor dining – along with the forced closure of gyms, theaters and museums – will further devastate Pennsylvania’s economy and lead to even more unemployment. While the PA Chamber appreciates the need to mitigate virus spread, this order continues a disheartening and unacceptable trend of the administration making policies in a vacuum, with decisions based on little input from industry experts or sound data.
The restaurant and hospitality sector has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic and those remaining are generally hanging on by a thread. To explain the latest restaurant shutdown order, the administration mentioned national studies, which, upon closer review, appear woefully inadequate to justify such a draconian measure. In fact, the a
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused much stress on the restaurant industry, local owners say they are hopeful in 2021.
Though many say they could use a lifeline as they struggle to stay afloat with outdoor dining in the middle of the winter season.
Marc Grika, the owner of Flannel, a restaurant on East Passyunk that specializes in Southern comfort food, said it s been a challenge to break even and stay in business.
The city has welcomed the idea that if there isn t a spike in COVID-19 cases in the next few days, restaurants can reopen indoor dining at 25% occupancy on January 15.