Worcester declines to change restaurant dining rules
Photo | Grant Welker
Volturno, a restaurant on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, has begun serving patrons in an expanded outdoor seating area.
The City of Worcester will not loosen restaurant dining regulations after Gov. Charlie Baker amended the Massachusetts rules, which will otherwise begin Monday.
Under Baker’s announcement, restaurants would be allowed to seat parties of up to 10 people and allow bar seating, with restrictions. But on Thursday, Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus issued an executive order maintaining the current rules in the city, which do not allow restaurant parties greater than six people, and continuing a ban on bar seating, the City of Worcester said in a press release.
Augustus noted in a statement Worcester is designated as a high-risk community for coronavirus.
“This does not mean it cannot change,” Augustus said. “We will continue to monitor our COVID-19 numbers. This is an opportunity for all residents to pull together, push our numbers down and move Worcester from the ‘red zone’ into the ‘yellow zone.’”
Augustus encouraged city restaurants to continue patronizing restaurants, in the meantime.
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