Burr Ridge May Start Indoor Dining Before Phase 4

BURR RIDGE, IL — Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso is suggesting the village allow indoor dining before it is permitted under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's fourth phase of the plan to open the state's economy. Grasso said he asked village staff to work with restaurants about preparing individual plans to open half of their indoor capacity with open windows and fans.

"I will be interested if the residents and restaurants would be in favor of opening indoor dining ahead of moving to Phase 4," Grasso said in his daily coronavirus bulletin Sunday.

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Grasso said the village would seek the DuPage County Board of Health's input on opening restaurants to ensure greater safety.

On May 29, the governor allowed restaurants to have outdoor dining. In Burr Ridge, Grasso said, outdoor dining has been a "great success," thanks to good weather and "fun-starved" residents.

The governor has said the four phase could begin as early as late June.

In Burr Ridge, the number of coronavirus cases was reported at 90 as of Sunday. That's up from 86 a week earlier.

Burr Ridge has8.4 coronavirus cases per thousand people. That compares to 3.3 in Western Springs, 5.2 in Elmhurst, 5.3 in Clarendon Hills, 5.4 in Darien, 5.7 in La Grange Park, 8.9 in DuPage County, 10.3 in Hinsdale, 11.9 in La Grange and 13 in suburban Cook.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 127,757, up 6 percent from a week earlier. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 5,904 state residents.

Nationally, 2 million people have caught the virus and 112,471 have died from it.