WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:18.8650000" NOTE recognizability:0.843 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.576 Well, Kobe case counts continue to break NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:02.576 --> 00:00:05.327 records and two years into the pandemic, NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:05.330 --> 00:00:07.250 local businesses are feeling the impact, NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:07.250 --> 00:00:08.790 some even shifting daily operations NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:08.790 --> 00:00:11.089 in an attempt to stay open tonight. NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:11.090 --> 00:00:12.690 The WHAS 11 nine teams, NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:12.690 --> 00:00:14.652 Bobby Mcswine takes us to two NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:14.652 --> 00:00:16.324 restaurants who say they're making NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:16.324 --> 00:00:18.130 changes to make it work. Let NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:18.130 --> 00:00:20.050 me show you 2 signs here NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:20.050 --> 00:00:21.010 in downtown Louisville, NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:21.010 --> 00:00:22.282 one at Decker Restaurant, NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:22.282 --> 00:00:24.562 saying that patrons have to show proof NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:24.562 --> 00:00:26.767 of vaccination or a negative COVID test. NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:26.770 --> 00:00:28.758 I'm going to take you just down NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:28.758 --> 00:00:30.750 the street to Wiltshire market. NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:30.750 --> 00:00:32.634 Were there letting people know that NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:32.634 --> 00:00:34.590 they are temporarily closed due to COVID? NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:34.590 --> 00:00:35.766 Now there are different NOTE Confidence: 0.87215006 00:00:35.766 --> 00:00:36.950 courses of action, but NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:36.950 --> 00:00:38.594 both restaurants tell me they made NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:38.594 --> 00:00:40.190 these decisions with their employees. NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:40.190 --> 00:00:41.900 It was too small in there NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:41.900 --> 00:00:44.319 for us to be safe and to have NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.308 our guests be safe. Everybody that works NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:46.308 --> 00:00:48.448 at Decca was really together on this NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:48.450 --> 00:00:49.335 and play Reynolds, NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:49.335 --> 00:00:51.105 one of the owners of Decca, NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:51.110 --> 00:00:52.682 says the restaurant was closed for NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:52.682 --> 00:00:54.466 eight months due to COVID finally NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:54.466 --> 00:00:55.826 reopening in September 2021. NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:55.830 --> 00:00:58.126 He says as it got colder and outdoor NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:58.126 --> 00:00:59.959 seating was no longer an option, NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:01.128 his staff told him. NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:01:01.128 --> 00:01:02.880 Requiring proof of vaccination or a NOTE Confidence: 0.7966018 00:01:02.943 --> 00:01:05.015 negative COVID test was the right move. NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:05.020 --> 00:01:07.071 We want to create a safe environment NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:07.071 --> 00:01:09.741 for you to come and enjoy and not have NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:09.741 --> 00:01:12.079 to think about all this stuff for for NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:12.080 --> 00:01:13.550 a couple hours. Susan Hershberg, NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:13.550 --> 00:01:14.722 owner of Wiltshire Pantry, NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:14.722 --> 00:01:16.189 echoes that. She says employees NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:16.189 --> 00:01:17.654 at her Barrett St location, NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:17.660 --> 00:01:19.494 which is similar in size to the NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:19.494 --> 00:01:21.190 now closed Market Street location, NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:21.190 --> 00:01:22.660 didn't feel safe and they NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:22.660 --> 00:01:24.060 said we're just not comfortable NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:25.851 having this many people in here NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:25.851 --> 00:01:27.366 unmasked, eating standing at the NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:27.366 --> 00:01:28.836 counter with their masks down. NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:30.365 That's why Hershberg says that NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:30.365 --> 00:01:31.890 location moved to carry out. NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:31.890 --> 00:01:33.738 Only pushing customers to her Main NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:33.738 --> 00:01:35.713 Street location if they want to sit NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:35.713 --> 00:01:37.309 down and eat masks and proof of NOTE Confidence: 0.87103814 00:01:37.370 --> 00:01:39.290 vaccination are required. That was NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:39.290 --> 00:01:41.658 a decision that was driven by my staff. NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:41.660 --> 00:01:44.030 We've gotten a little bit of pushback, but NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:44.030 --> 00:01:46.242 really more so we have gotten people NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:46.242 --> 00:01:48.578 who have gone out of their way to NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:48.578 --> 00:01:50.539 thank us and to spread the word. NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:52.610 Reynolds has had a similar experience. The NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:52.610 --> 00:01:53.774 response has been fantastic. NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:53.774 --> 00:01:56.464 We're doing the best we can and I think NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:56.464 --> 00:01:57.940 people have responded. Reynolds says NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:01:57.940 --> 00:02:00.061 he's even had a guest schedule months NOTE Confidence: 0.8057274 00:02:00.061 --> 00:02:01.790 in advance because of the policy. NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:03.648 We had one couple that said, NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:03.650 --> 00:02:05.664 can you book us out? Can you NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:05.664 --> 00:02:07.386 book our date night here every NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:07.390 --> 00:02:09.118 Friday for the next six months? NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:10.555 Both owners say they'll continue NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:10.555 --> 00:02:11.703 to monitor the situation, NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:11.710 --> 00:02:13.432 but the safety of their staff and NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:13.432 --> 00:02:15.460 guests is most important in Louisville. NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:17.160 Bobby mix wine for the NOTE Confidence: 0.8512723 00:02:17.160 --> 00:02:18.860 WHAS 1119 on your side.