Restaurant Owners React As They Prepare To Reopen Their Doors Following Temporary COVID-19 Restrictions

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — This first Monday of the year means a roll back of the COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants that were imposed to avoid a holiday spike.
Fearful of another last minute shut down leaving his restaurants holding a refrigerator full of perishables, Mark Baranowski, who owns the North Park Lounges is holding off reopening until this coming Friday.
But Kirk Vogel, who owns the Walnut Grills can’t wait to get the doors open today.
Vogel says the loss of December and the