//Upstate restaurants open doors for limited dining

Upstate restaurants open doors for limited dining

Some Upstate restaurant owners welcomed customers inside Monday, hoping for a busy day. “I was a little surprised that the indoor dining came as quickly as it did. I thought it would be one more week,” said Carl Sobocinski, owner of Table 301. But by Monday, Sobocinski was ready. He chose to open his eight Table 301 restaurants to indoor dining for Monday evening. Staff spaced out tables and placed social distancing reminders throughout Soby’s New South Cuisine in downtown Greenville. “Safety is the number one thing that we need to be focused on,” he said. “And I hope everybody that’s ready to open tonight indoors has all those safety guidelines checked and everybody adheres to it.”Robert Sullivan, owner of Sully’s Steamers, set up seven tables inside to accommodate indoor seating, but our WYFF News 4 crew didn’t see anybody using the seats early Monday afternoon. Sullivan said the bulk of his business right now comes from to-go orders and outdoor seating. “We were, for a time, at about 25% of our normal numbers and we were seeing it go up further and further past 50, 60 and 70%, so we’re getting there,” he said. Larkin’s Restaurants will wait until Tuesday to open indoor seating options. Monday, leaders used a misting disinfectant system to clean all surfaces in Larkin’s on the River, Limoncello and Grill Marks. Adam Hayes, executive vice president of Larkin’s Restaurants, dubbed the cleaning process “Resta-Sure.””We’re taking another step further than what we normally do,” said Hayes. “Having an inside and being able to bring people back in and get back to what a real restaurant feels like it’s been great,” he said. “I’m looking forward to it. We all are.”

Some Upstate restaurant owners welcomed customers inside Monday, hoping for a busy day.

“I was a little surprised that the indoor dining came as quickly as it did. I thought it would be one more week,” said Carl Sobocinski, owner of Table 301.

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But by Monday, Sobocinski was ready.

He chose to open his eight Table 301 restaurants to indoor dining for Monday evening.

Staff spaced out tables and placed social distancing reminders throughout Soby’s New South Cuisine in downtown Greenville.

“Safety is the number one thing that we need to be focused on,” he said. “And I hope everybody that’s ready to open tonight indoors has all those safety guidelines checked and everybody adheres to it.”

Robert Sullivan, owner of Sully’s Steamers, set up seven tables inside to accommodate indoor seating, but our WYFF News 4 crew didn’t see anybody using the seats early Monday afternoon.

Sullivan said the bulk of his business right now comes from to-go orders and outdoor seating.

“We were, for a time, at about 25% of our normal numbers and we were seeing it go up further and further past 50, 60 and 70%, so we’re getting there,” he said.

Larkin’s Restaurants will wait until Tuesday to open indoor seating options.

Monday, leaders used a misting disinfectant system to clean all surfaces in Larkin’s on the River, Limoncello and Grill Marks.

Adam Hayes, executive vice president of Larkin’s Restaurants, dubbed the cleaning process “Resta-Sure.”

“We’re taking another step further than what we normally do,” said Hayes. “Having an inside and being able to bring people back in and get back to what a real restaurant feels like it’s been great,” he said. “I’m looking forward to it. We all are.”