After 10 months, New Mexico bars remain closed
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Drinks at Rad Retrocade in downtown Las Cruces before the pandemic.
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - It s been nearly a year since New Mexico bars closed their doors to the public. It s so sad to walk in there and see what it was, said Alex Macias, the owner of Rad Retrocade in Las Cruces. The community loved it. It s been very sad.
When Covid-19 arrived in the United States, Macias voluntarily closed his bar. One week later, the state ordered all bars to close. My wife and I decided, if we didn t want to take our families in there, we didn t expect anybody else to take their families in there, he said. That s when we decided to close our doors.
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