LA’s Big Restaurants Face Challenges As Diners Told to Avoid Crowds | Eater LA

"Walter Manzke says Republique has removed some communal seating to reduce the number of diners and create more distance, even though that limits revenue; the team is retraining staff to avoid handshakes (switching to elbow bumps), keeping a six-foot distance from customers who appear ill, and ramping up cleaning and hand-washing across front and back of house, though they have already noticed a slight but noticeable dip in dinner service and concede they have limited control over the overall spread of the virus." - Farley Elliott