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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2284757" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>I took a brave step today. I have been to the well organised garden centre several times since they opened, and today the bistro/cafe opened its doors for the first time. We didn't go inside because they have comfortable seating outdoors. We had a pot of tea. Very adventurous!!! It isn't so much being inside a cafe or similar that bothers me as much as the crockery, cutlery and glasses, how the kitchen is organised and how well the staff are trained in Covid stuff.</p><p></p><p>This cafe is franchised, and the owner of the franchise is a friend of ours. He was chatting to us (from a suitable distance) and told us he had received a 40 page list of government instructions that he had followed to the letter plus a bit extra. He had been working very hard to implement all this, and had trained all his staff accordingly. Half his tables had been removed, and a one way path marked out. Customers have to wait outside to be met by a meet and greet person who shows them to a table. All tables and chairs are sanitised as soon as they are vacated and before someone else sits there. Table service only. All crockery and cutlery goes straight in the dishwasher. No condiments on the tables. Menus are handed out when someone arrives and removed when finished with to be sanitised. And so forth. I was very impressed and may be tempted to have lunch there on my next visit.</p><p></p><p>Edited to delete something incorrect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2284757, member: 94045"] I took a brave step today. I have been to the well organised garden centre several times since they opened, and today the bistro/cafe opened its doors for the first time. We didn't go inside because they have comfortable seating outdoors. We had a pot of tea. Very adventurous!!! It isn't so much being inside a cafe or similar that bothers me as much as the crockery, cutlery and glasses, how the kitchen is organised and how well the staff are trained in Covid stuff. This cafe is franchised, and the owner of the franchise is a friend of ours. He was chatting to us (from a suitable distance) and told us he had received a 40 page list of government instructions that he had followed to the letter plus a bit extra. He had been working very hard to implement all this, and had trained all his staff accordingly. Half his tables had been removed, and a one way path marked out. Customers have to wait outside to be met by a meet and greet person who shows them to a table. All tables and chairs are sanitised as soon as they are vacated and before someone else sits there. Table service only. All crockery and cutlery goes straight in the dishwasher. No condiments on the tables. Menus are handed out when someone arrives and removed when finished with to be sanitised. And so forth. I was very impressed and may be tempted to have lunch there on my next visit. Edited to delete something incorrect. [/QUOTE]
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