Restaurants & Bars
California Pizza Kitchen In Lake Grove To Reopen Outdoor Seating
The pizza kitchen will soon have limited patio dining available, allowing sit-down service for the first time since the coronavirus began.
LAKE GROVE, NY — California Pizza Kitchen, a chain offering pizzas, pastas, salads and sandwiches, is scheduled to reopen its Lake Grove location to outdoor dining on Friday, the company stated. Limited patio dining will be available.
The eatery is at 618 Smith Haven Mall.
The pizza chain is taking "aggressive steps" to ensure customers' safety during the coronavirus. Daily wellness and temperature checks are being performed on all employees, and anyone displaying symptoms will be sent home. Both employees and guests will be subject to social distancing guidelines. All employees will have to change their plastic gloves every 15 minutes or less and wash their hands in-between. All surfaces will be sanitized more frequently, and contact-less curbside service will be launched.
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New York launched Phase 2 of its coronavirus reopening plan on June 10, allowing restaurants limited capacity outdoor dining. Phase 3, which will lift restrictions on indoor dining, is scheduled for June 24. Indoor dining will be limited, however.
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