'It Stinks': Baker Says Restaurant Closures Are 'Part Of What Comes With COVID'

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker said on Thursday it’s been “heartbreaking” to see restaurants and bars go out of business during the coronavirus pandemic. Boston has seen longtime favorites including The Pour House, The Fours and Cheers at Faneuil Hall close their doors for good in recent weeks.

Restaurants in Massachusetts are allowed to offer limited indoor dining with tables spaced at least six feet apart, and bars have been shuttered until there’s a vaccine or coronavirus therapeutics. While some have criticized his administration’s restaurant guidelines as too strict, Baker cited the “ripple effect” of the pandemic on the local economy.

“It stinks. It stinks. A lot of this stinks,” Baker said of the closures. “But it’s part of what comes with COVID.”

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