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Friday, March 29, 2024

Pizza Plant debuts "Bar Pods" for social distancing

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Pizza Plant debuts 'Bar Pods' for social distancing
Pizza Plant debuts "Bar Pods" for social distancing

Groups of up to four can sit at a bar without masks thanks to Tonawanda-based Korrugate It!

POD...THIS IS THE NEWWAY ONE LOCALWATERING HOLE ISMAKING IT SAFE FORYOU TO BELLY UP TOTHE BAR.7 EYEWITNESS NEWREPORTER ADAMUNGER TAKES USINSIDE PIZZA PLANT TOSHOW US HOW ITWORKS..0:000:36:0:54:IF YOU'RE MISSING ACOLD DRAFT OUT ANDABOUT YOU'RECERTAINLY NOTALONE.

AND PIZZAPLANT HAS A SOLUTIONFOR THEIR BAR ATTHEIR WILLIAMSVILLELOCATION."LET'S SEE, YOU JUSTGO UP, YOU GO OUT,MOVE THE FCHAIR IN,AND THEN WE HAVE APARTY OF THREE."THE BAR PODS ASPIZZA PLANT CALLSTHEM SPLITS UP THEBAR TO ALLOWGROUPS OF UP TOFOUR TO SIT AT THEBAR WITHOUT MASKS.AND THE FINALPRODUCT WAS ACOLLABORATIVEEFFORT."IT WAS KIND OFCOINCIDENTALBECAUSE WE WERETALKING ABOUTCOMING UP WITH PPEPRODUCTS.

AND WEWENT IN AND WEWEREN;T SURE WHATWE WERE GOING TO BEASKED AND THE FIRSTQUESTION WAS "ISTHERE ANYTHING YOUCAN COME UP WITHFOR THE BAR?'"TONAWANDA-BASEDKORRUGATE IT GOT TOWORK.

AND THEPARTY-TO-PARTY P-P-EWAS BORN.

PIZZAPLANT VICE PRESIDENTDAN SYRACUSE SAYSCAPACITY ANDCOMFORT ARE ON THERISE."IT ALMOST BRINGS ALLTHE COMFORTS BACKTO THE PRE-QUARANTINE DAYS ANDIT'S BEEN WORKINGREALLY WELL."THERE ARE A FEWEXTRA RULES ANDRESTRICTIONS,THOUGH THERE'S NOSTANDING ORCONGREGATING AT THEBAR.

AND STAFFNEEDS TIME TO CLEANBEFORE NEW PATRONSSIT OR THE DIVIDERSARE RE-ARRANGED."THE PARTIES ARERESTRICTED TO THELIMITED SIZE THAT'SALLOWED RIGHT NOW,SO IT'S WORKINGGREAT."NOW KORRUGATE-ITISN'T STOPPINGTHERE.

THEY'RE ALSOWORKING WITH TWOOTHER BARS AS OFTHURSDAY..

AND JIMSABIO HOPES TOEVENTUALLY HAVETHEM ALL OVERWESTERN NEW YORK."PEOPLE WANT TOFEEL SAFE SO WE'VECREATED A WAY TOMAKE THEM FEEL SAFEAND FEEL SECLUDEDAND WE'RE EXCITEDABOUT IT.

WE WAN'T TOHELP BUFFALO GETBACK IN BUSINESS."ONE DRINK AND ONEDIVIDER AT A TIME.IN WILLIAMSVILLE,ADAM UNGER, 7EWN.

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