Parking Lot Dining and Sudden Closures Are the New Normal for SGV Restaurants

After months of government-mandated shutdowns and regulations, the San Gabriel Valley dining scene has settled into its new normal. In the last two months, restaurants and businesses have done their best to follow Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ever-changing rules regarding COVID-19 safety for dining in. With the continuing decline in new COVID-19 cases in the state, indoor dining is looking like more of a possibility in the near future. At the beginning of the pandemic , a number of San Gabriel Valley restaurants shuttered or temporarily halted service, but now — almost seven months into the pandemic — most restaurants that have even a little bit of a walkway space or parking lot have begun offering outdoor dining in hopes of attracting customers. Much of Pasadena has been converted to alfresco dining. Take a ride down Valley Boulevard, a busy thoroughfare that connects much of the SGV, and you will see makeshift pop-up tents and foldable chairs propped up through every major plaza. In the evening, some tents even have hanging lights to add ambience. It seems like customers are responding well to the outside tent options despite the recent heatwave and the ash from the nearby Bobcat Fire. Despite […]

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