While Los Angeles County has cleared the way for breweries and wineries without in-house kitchens to offer outdoor service in partnership with a third-party food provider, customers must make “a prior reservation for a table at least one day in advance” to get a seat. According to the L.A. County Health Department, the advance-reservation mandate in meant “to ensure there is no gathering and sufficient area for physical distancing of 6 feet or more.” Operating hours for the breweries and wineries are limited to 11:30 a.m. until midnight. Owners of Southland breweries that don’t operate their own kitchens lobbied hard for the right to reopen, provided they partner with a catering company or food truck to offer meals. They contended it was unfair to treat them differently from breweries that serve their own food, insisting their operations could be operated just as safely. However, bars in West Hollywood and across the county remain closed, except in Long Beach, which this week allowed them to reopen with outdoor operations if they partner with a third-party food provider and link all alcohol sales to food purchases. Long Beach has its own health department separate from the county’s. Health officials appeared reticent […]
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