Ready to eat inside a restaurant again?

Critic Bill Addison looks at the week's news around restaurant re-openings and the new $28.6 billion relief fund.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • March 13, 2021
It’s been more than eight months — July 1, 2020, to be exact — since restaurant dining rooms in Los Angeles County have been open to customers. But yesterday afternoon, county officials gave the green light for restaurants, starting Monday, to...
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