Chicago restaurants won’t be ready to open on pace with rest of Illinois, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday that city restaurants won’t be ready to reopen to outdoor dining by May 29, but she hopes they will be ready in June.
Chicago also is looking at the possibility of closing streets to help expand restaurants’ outdoor dining, Lightfoot said.
Lightfoot made the comments after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker opened the door to potentially lift the restriction on sit-down dining next week. While “heartened” by Pritzker’s comments, Lightfoot said she wants a more robust plan to make sure restaurants can reopen safely.
Asked about the reopening the city’s lakefront, Lightfoot said she is looking at plans for reopening but isn’t there yet.
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