It’s the day bar and restaurant owners have been waiting for. Late night is coming back to Burlington as bars and restaurants can now serve customers past 10 p.m.”I just love to be able to see people’s happy faces again,” Aaron Plunkett, a server at Church Street Tavern, said. “Usually memorial day is a good weekend for us so it’s perfect timing hopefully everybody will feel safe and come out.”Just ahead of the holiday weekend, Vermont Governor Phil Scott announced Friday that the state’s bars and restaurants can return to their regular business hours. He pointed toward an increase in vaccinations for the change. “We’ve gone from less than 30% to over 50% of the 18 to 29 age band vaccinated in the last month,” Gov. Scott said. The Church Street Tavern said they’re ready to welcome more patrons back. “Right now I think we’ve seen a lot of tourists,” Plunkett said. “With the reservation notes we take all of their phone numbers down and we don’t see a lot of 802’s so we’d love to see a lot more local people come down and have some food with us.”At Einstein’s Tap House, they had to close their doors almost as soon as they opened.”We were all ecstatic,” Roguen Carlson, general manager at Einstein’s Tap House, said. “It’s been a long time coming since last March.”As restrictions have eased, they’ve been getting closer to operating “business as usual.” Their typical service is something they haven’t seen in over a year.”First time people were allowed to play pool people were so ecstatic and then the last weekend being able to dance. People were loving it,” Carlson said. “I can expect to see the same thing tomorrow night.”Municipalities can enforce the curfew if they choose. The Mayor’s office did confirm to NBC5 this afternoon that they will not be extending the curfew or implementing a new one for Burlington establishments.Meanwhile, the mask mandate is still in effect across the Queen City. The issue of masks will be addressed at the city council meeting on June 7.
It’s the day bar and restaurant owners have been waiting for. Late night is coming back to Burlington as bars and restaurants can now serve customers past 10 p.m.
“I just love to be able to see people’s happy faces again,” Aaron Plunkett, a server at Church Street Tavern, said. “Usually memorial day is a good weekend for us so it’s perfect timing hopefully everybody will feel safe and come out.”
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Just ahead of the holiday weekend, Vermont Governor Phil Scott announced Friday that the state’s bars and restaurants can return to their regular business hours. He pointed toward an increase in vaccinations for the change.
“We’ve gone from less than 30% to over 50% of the 18 to 29 age band vaccinated in the last month,” Gov. Scott said.
The Church Street Tavern said they’re ready to welcome more patrons back.
“Right now I think we’ve seen a lot of tourists,” Plunkett said. “With the reservation notes we take all of their phone numbers down and we don’t see a lot of 802’s so we’d love to see a lot more local people come down and have some food with us.”
At Einstein’s Tap House, they had to close their doors almost as soon as they opened.
“We were all ecstatic,” Roguen Carlson, general manager at Einstein’s Tap House, said. “It’s been a long time coming since last March.”
As restrictions have eased, they’ve been getting closer to operating “business as usual.” Their typical service is something they haven’t seen in over a year.
“First time people were allowed to play pool people were so ecstatic and then the last weekend being able to dance. People were loving it,” Carlson said. “I can expect to see the same thing tomorrow night.”
Municipalities can enforce the curfew if they choose. The Mayor’s office did confirm to NBC5 this afternoon that they will not be extending the curfew or implementing a new one for Burlington establishments.
Meanwhile, the mask mandate is still in effect across the Queen City. The issue of masks will be addressed at the city council meeting on June 7.
