Seattle bars, restaurants that closed in December Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail A roundup of restaurants that closed in the last month, as well as some hopeful reopenings.courtneyk/Getty Images The last month of 2020 hit Seattle bars and restaurants hard as statewide COVID-19 restrictions that banned indoor dining stretched into a second month. While many had comfortably shifted to operating at a reduced capacity indoors early on in the fall, the new rules — which Gov. Jay Inslee extended into January this week — forced tired restaurateurs to once again pivot to takeout and outdoor seating, even as the days got rainier and temperatures dropped.