Restaurants transition to take-out only service during coronavirus
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March 30, 2020Updated May 6, 2020, 7:21 p.m. ET

May 5, 2020; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Thaniel Gravelle, a BelAir Cantina front of house manager dons a sombrero as he carries orders to go at the BelAir Cantina on North Water Street in Milwaukee on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Many area restaurant has to adjust their Cinco De Mayo celebrations due to the coronavirus by offering take out food and drink to celebrate the day. Mandatory Credit: Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK ORIG FILE ID: 20200505_jcd_usa_086.JPG
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Apr 3, 2020; Webster, NY, USA; Abby Ferreri hands over an order to customer Paula Colombo at Rhinos Pizzeria and Deli in Webster, N.Y. on April 3, 2020. The restaurant converted a window in its dining room into a pickup window in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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A whimsical display fashioned like giant high-demand toilet paper rolls draws attention to Hub City Smokehouse's curbside service on Main Street in historic downtown Crestview, Fla. on April 7, 2020.
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Brandy Mitchell serves a customer at a makeshift drive thru at Dwights Restaurant in Lafayette, La. on March 17, 2020.
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Gabriel Almeida, owner of Daybreak Restaurant in West Bridgewater, Mass. adjusts the letters of his sign which reads "We are open, take out only" on March 24, 2020.
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Kent, Ohio. Mike's Place, restaurant in Kent, Ohio display delivery and take-out options on March 26, 2020.
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Smoothie King lobby in Lafayette, La. is temporarily closed, drive thru is still open. Local business coping with restrictions to comply with new rules aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana. The restrictions designed to reduce social gatherings by limiting the size of gatherings to fewer than 50 people, closing casinos, bars and movie theaters and limiting restaurants to delivery, take out and drive-through orders only on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
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London Lowe, one of two employees working, waits for take-out customer to show up Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Coffee Makes You Black, 2803 N, Teutonia Ave. in Milwaukee, Wis. In the last week, sales at the coffee shop have plummeted.
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Chef Guillermo prepares a take out order of spaghetti with mussels at Nanni Ristorante of Rochelle Park, N. J. on March 25, 2020. The restaurant is empty due to the shutdown from the effects of the corona virus outbreak. Business is down 95% says owner Manny Moreira as they can only sell take out.
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Martia Weaver waits for customers at the walk up window to her Freitas Cuban burgers restaurant as the city government takes steps to fight the coronavirus outbreak on March 25, 2020 in Key West, Fla. Most tourists have left Key West as the city closed hotels or short-term vacation rentals and asked restaurants to only serve take-out. Beaches and parks have been closed and starting Friday non-residents may not enter without proof of employment or property ownership in the Florida Keys as city officials attempt to contain COVID-19.
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A worker at a Chipotle restaurant waits on customers through a window on March 26, 2020 in Chicago, Ill. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ordered all restaurants and bars in the state closed to all but carry-out and delivery orders.
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David Nichol, the owner of Sociale, carries a take out order to the curb March 27, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif. Sociale is working with a reduced staff, and are offering curbside pickup during the coronavirus COVID-19 shutdown. On Friday nights, they are also offering delivery to the Nichol's home town of San Anselmo in Marin County just north of San Francisco.
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Guests wait in line to go in and get their lunch at My Brother's Table soup kitchen in Lynn, Massachusetts on March 30, 2020. With all restaurants ordered to shut down eating inside during the coronavirus pandemic, My Brother's Table, which also operates a shelter in the same building, is forced to have their guests eat their meals on the streets. The kitchen, which serves an average of 600 meals a day, helps the homeless and anyone in need.
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