Owners of more than 120 of Georgia's most popular restaurants announced this week they won't be reopening their doors just yet, despite getting a green light to do so from the governor.
Gov. Brian Kemp said customers could again go to restaurants for dine-in service starting April 27 as long as eateries put in place measures to mitigate staff and guest exposure to coronavirus. The state has, so far, had more than 27,490 infections and at least 1,169 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.In a full-page advertisement in a local newspaper, more than 50 restaurateurs said they would hunker down a little longer.
"He said that while the group was aware the statement may be taken the wrong way, he added,"any stand worth taking might do that.""We felt it was important enough to make it known," he said.Gina and Linton Hopkins Linton Hopkins, who along with his wife Gina, owns and operates Hop's Chicken, H&F Burger and other restaurants in Atlanta, says the issue isn't a red or blue one. "We just wanted to be heard," he says."We're not opening.
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