Do You Own A Summit Restaurant With Outdoor Dining Next Week?

SUMMIT, NJ – Do you own or run a local restaurant that will offer outdoor dining once restrictions are lifted Monday, June 15? Please email caren.lissner@patch.com and we'll include you in a roundup of al fresco dining options we're working on, or post details and contact information below. When you email us, include hours, address, specialties, restrictions, and any other relevant information you'd like our readers to have.

There are some requirements for businesses to incorporate who are opening for outdoor dining on June 15, as stated in Gov. Phil Murphy’s outdoor dining executive order:

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• Post signage at the entrance that states that no one with a fever or symptoms of COVID-19 should enter the food or beverage establishment
• Limit seating to a maximum of eight customers per table and arrange seating to achieve a minimum distance of 6 feet between parties
• Rope off or otherwise mark tables, chairs and bar stools that are not to be used
• Demarcate 6 feet of spacing in patron waiting areas
• Provide physical guides, such as tape on floors, sidewalks, and signage on walls to ensure that customers remain at least 6 feet apart in line for the restroom or waiting for seating
• Eliminate self-service food or drink options such as buffets, salad bars, and self-service drink stations
• Disinfect all tables, chairs and any other shared items (menus, condiments, pens) after each use
• Install physical barriers and partitions at cash registers, bars, host stands and other area where maintaining physical distance of 6 feet is difficult
• Ensure 6 feet of physical distancing between workers and customers, except at the moment of payment and/or when employees are servicing the table
• Require infection control practices, such as regular handwashing, coughing and sneezing etiquette, and proper tissue usage and disposal
• Require frequent sanitization of high-touch areas like credit card machines, keypads, and counters to which the public and workers have access
• Place conspicuous signage at entrance alerting staff and customers to the required 6 ft of physical distance
• Require all food or beverage establishments to have an inclement weather policy that, if triggered, would require the food or beverage establishment 2 to adhere to Executive Order No. 125 (2020) and offer takeout or delivery service only.

According to the state, businesses should conduct daily health screenings for employees (such as temperature screenings and/or symptom checking), and provide and require employees to wear face masks.

All customers must bring and wear face masks when going to a business to wear if going inside the business or using the restroom. The state also recommends that businesses and customers utilize reservations as much as possible to limit overcrowding at restaurants.

All businesses must have tables and chairs at outdoor cafe areas, as open outdoor bar areas without seating are prohibited.

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Also on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy changed his restriction on outdoor gatherings from 25 to 50 people, with social distancing and other regulations still in effect.

Murphy has also said certain non-essential retail businesses can open in the future, including salons on June 22, with restrictions.

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