B.C. restaurants caught off guard by changes to patio dining guidelines
LANGFORD, B.C. -- Graham Hafey modified the U.S. Marine Corps tent that covers Black Hops Brewing’s outdoor dining area Friday after an inspector from the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) said he was not complying with the province’s new COVID-19 safety regulations. “So I said to him very politely, ‘You can’t be made to enforce something if we don’t actually know it exists,’” said Hafey, owner of V2V Black Hops Brewing. A week ago, new guidelines for patio dining were introduced, with the goal of increasing airflow. The restaurant industry says it wasn’t a...