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Virginia restaurants face new challenges in full reopening By CHRISTINA AMANO DOLAN of Capital News ServiceMay 11, 2021 GMT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia restaurants will soon be able to host more patrons, but establishments may not be able to accommodate more guests due to a shortage in workers. Restaurants and drinking establishments will be able to seat up to 100 patrons indoors and a maximum of 250 guests outdoors starting May 15, Gov. Ralph Northam recently announced. Eric Terry, president of the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association, estimated around 100 Richmond restaura...

May 11, 2021 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia restaurants will soon be able to host more patrons, but establishments may not be able to accommodate more guests due to a shortage in workers. A popular hot dog eatery in Roanoke recently closed its doors and posted signs reading “Closed due to lack of help.” Restaurants and drinking establishments will be able to seat up to 100 patrons indoors and a maximum of 250 guests outdoors starting May 15, Gov. Ralph Northam recently announced. Eric Terry, president of the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association, estimated around 100 Richmond...

4 weeks ago in Local Photo: clipart.com 5/4/21 Two Harrisonburg restaurants are among the 128 grants that are being handed out statewide by the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging and Travel Association and its partnership with DoorDash. Association President Eric Terry said each COVID relief grant is worth 35-hundred dollars and Mr. Sato Express and Clementine Café were the Harrisonburg recipients. Terry added that nearly 700 restaurants in Virginia had applied for the grants. A total of nine business in the Shenandoah Valley were awarded. ...

What industry group thinks is behind Virginia restaurant worker shortage 'Some people are more comfortable not coming back to the workforce right now and collecting unemployment' Several COVID-19 restrictions on Virginia businesses are set to relax next month, allowing owners to expand and serve more customers. But there's a big problem. Restaurant managers can't seem to get back the workers they lost during the pandemic, and some business leaders say unemployment is partly to blame. By: Tyler Layne and last updated 2021-04-25 19:27:54-04 RICHMOND, Va. -- Several COVID-19 rest...

KARRI PEIFER Richmond Times-Dispatch Restaurants in Virginia can open their bars to customers for the first time in more than a year thanks to a sudden, unannounced change that came late Wednesday afternoon — but patrons may want to hold off on immediate plans to belly up to one: many Richmond restaurant owners say they’re not yet ready to open theirs. The bar seating change came via an amended executive order signed Wednesday afternoon by Gov. Ralph Northam and allows restaurants to use their bar seating with 6 feet of distance between parties—and 6 feet between ba...