Ouray Brewery co-owner Erin Eddy stands in the restaurant this week, just days after re-opening the business to sit-down service. Eddy, who had the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Ouray County and has since recovered, said heâs taking precautions to distance diners from each other and following specific cleaning protocols at the restaurant to limit contagion as restaurants are allowed to open back up to sit-down service. Restaurants had been closed since March 16 by a statewide order allowing them to on
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Challenges added to eateriesâ plates
As he walks through Ouray Brewery, owner Erin Eddy watches as customers touch countertops or grab the hand railings on the stairs.
He notices when a bartender touches her face, or when someone adjusts a face mask. Anything that could potentially transmit the virus catches his eye now, and that means he’s noticing a lot.
“The risk of cross-contamination is just crazy,” he said.
Eddy, who was the county’s first confirmed COVID-19 patient, is hyper-aware of the safety concerns as the brewery a...
