The Eastern Upper Peninsula’s new state representative, John Damoose, is leading efforts to celebrate the expected reopening of the industry by declaring January 16th as Restaurant Dine-In Day across Michigan. That’s the day the Whitmer Administration’s restrictions that has closed dine-in service since November are due to expire.
Damoose is introducing a resolution to officially encourage residents to safely dine in January 16th as restaurants are expected to resume full operations.
“Our restaurants and their hardworking employees have suffered greatly over the past year. Michigan House Republicans want to do all we can to help them get off to a great start in 2021,” Damoose said. “We encourage everyone in our state to safely dine in Jan. 16th and celebrate the reopening of their favorite restaurant.”
Whitmer, at a Wednesday afternoon news conference, said that no decision has been made on whether to extend the closures beyond Jan. 15. She said they’re keeping a close eye on the COVID numbers from the holidays, and will make a decision “next week”.
Damoose encouraged customers to “order a lot and tip big” as restaurants reopen.
Michigan has about 16,500 eating and drinking establishments employing more than 447,000 people.
“Restaurants have worked hard to implement best practices for safety – please follow them when you visit,” Damoose said. “Let’s celebrate our restaurants, and let them know we support them and everything they do for our communities.”
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