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Special city team begins crackdown on restaurants violating orders starting Thursday night
Read full article: Special city team begins crackdown on restaurants violating orders starting Thursday nightSAN ANTONIO ā A special team led by San Antonio Code Enforcement will be monitoring bars and restaurants across the city on Thursday night. City of San Antonio Development Services Director Michael Shannon said the team was assembled due to issues brought to light by violations at The Well bar on the Northwest Side over the weekend. And we need to really go out and find those.āRecently, changes by the state allowed some bars to reopen as restaurants with a special certificate. Since March, according to online city data, of the roughly 90 encounters where citations were issued, 17 involved a restaurant or bar. A spokesperson says the sheriffās officeās efforts are to inform businesses about the requirements made by the city and county.
Some San Antonio bar owners decide to shut down amid second wave of COVID-19 infections
Read full article: Some San Antonio bar owners decide to shut down amid second wave of COVID-19 infectionsGreg Abbott's guidelines, some owners in San Antonio are making the difficult decision to shut down again following a surge of new COVID-19 cases. Zoe Stanley, manager at The Well, said it was a difficult decision to make, as it likely has been for many of the other family-owned bars. Hills & Dales Ice House to close amid COVID-19 concernsWe started seeing things happening at other clubs, and they started testing positive. Aaron Pena, the owner of The Squeezebox, said he is watching the number of infections daily to determine if he will shut down his bar. Those in the bar industry say its just as difficult to have the governor shut them down as is it to have to decide on their own.