Embattled restaurants are selling groceries to stay afloat. But is it legal?
in Mar Vista. “Aren’t people allowed to touch fruit or produce at regular grocery stores or farmers markets?”The bakery now sells CSA-style produce boxes, flour, canned goods, bottled water, butter and cheese, and is adding another cold case for grab-and-go sandwiches and meals. The cafe installed a sneeze guard between the cashier and customer, and there is tape on the floor to ensure social distancing between customers.
His restaurant has a nobody-allowed-in policy that he hopes puts him ahead of the curve if and when new restaurant retail guidelines are put in place. “I’m not getting in the game of toilet paper or eggs. We’re going to stay away from selling things you can get at Vons or Whole Foods,” she said. “If they tell us to stop doing something, I’ll stop doing it.”On March 28, she received a call from Safe and Sound Food Safety Consultants, a local firm that works with her restaurant and about a hundred others in the Los Angeles area, including République and Osteria Mozza.
Valdez immediately dropped nonfood sundry items from HomeState’s menu and has removed any signage referring to the restaurant, which has three locations in Los Angeles, as a “general store.”
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