Harford County restaurants to take it outdoors

What carry out and curbside business it has is bustling, but Bagel Works in Bel Air is working on expanding that business when the restaurant can allow outside dining on Friday.

COUNTY ARE GETTING READY TTAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXPANDINGSERVICE TO OUTDOOR DINING ASYET ANOTHER RESTRICTION ISLIFTED.

WMAR 2 NEWSHAGER LOOKS AT THEIR PLANS.(HAGER S━UP) 27:52“As partof the reopening, some of therestaurants here in HarfordCounty are prepared to takesome of their businessoutdoors beginning tomorrow”(TRACK) WHAT CARRY OUT ANDCURBSIDE BUSINESS IT HAS ISBUSTLING, BUT BAGEL WORKS INBEL AIR IS WORKING ONEXPANDING THAT BUSINESS WHENTHE RESTAURANT CAN ALLOWOUTSIDE DINING ON FRIDAY.(SOT━Danny Gerber/ BagelWorks General Manager 12:30“The tents will give us alittle more, right?

Itmaybe 10 percent more, right?But the people an opportunityto get out of their house andeat safely and feel safe”(TRACK) IN A BID TO FURTHBOOST BUSINESS FORRESTAURANTS, COUNTY EXECUTIVEBARRY GLASSMAN SAYS HEWILLING TO USE PARKING LOTSOWNED BY THE COUNTY TO ALLOWFURTHER EXPANSION WHERE ITPOSSIBLE, AND A FEW WEEKS FROMNOW, HEBEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE USETHE TIRE LOT ON MAIN STREET TOATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO THEAREA.

(SOT━BarryGlassman/Harford CountyExecutive 4:46“Weput a county stage facilithere and maybe have bands,music or some of our artistsperform, and folks will beable to drive there and parkand watch it just like adriv━in theater, on a smallerscale, but I think it willallow folks to sociallydistance, but still get outand help our restaurants atthe same time” (TRACK) THEPLAN COMES AT A TIME WHEN SORESTAURANTS HAVE BECOMEFRUSTRATED WAITING FOR THEREOPENING TO REACH THEM,INCLUDING BAGEL WORKS, WHICHFIRST ERECTED THIS TENT TWOWEEKS AGO.

(SOT) 13:09“Justhave people come and sit down,get their carry out, come ouand just have some place toeat so they donin their cars.

They donto sit down in the parkinglot.

They had a place to justsit down.

Everything wasspaced out six feet.

So we putthat on Facebook as an ideaand we did that and we got25,000 hits in a day” (TRACK)BUT IT JUST TOOK A PAIRPOLICE OFFICERS TO REMIND THEMTHAT OUTDOOR SEATING WOULD BEIN VIOLATION OF THE GOVERNORORDER AT THAT TIME, FORCINGTHEM TO WAIT UNTIL NOW.

(HAGERS━UP) 29:34“The county saysthe key to a successfreopening is that people aremindful of social distancing,masks and other safetyprecautions, which could bepart of our lives for monthsto come.

Reporting in HarfordCounty, Jeff Hager, WMAR 2News”Tonight A chance of sh