Stephen Elkins, owner of Forest Hills Station House in New York, joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
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Jedediah New York City entering
phase four of reopening tomorrow,
but Governor Andrew Cuomo is
still delaying the return of
indoor dining.
This comes a day after he
imposed new restrictions on bars
and restaurants requiring food
to be sold with alcohol over
concern. People are packing
sidewalks for a drank and
ignoring social distancing
guidelines.
So how will this impact the
already hurt restaurant
industries century lets? Ask Steven Elkins owner
lets. Ask Steven Elkins Owner
Stationhouse
Steven welcome to the show
so glad to have you here
when you hear these restrictions
that keep coming in from Andrew
Cuomo? What do you think
youre a business owner?
You rely on the survival of your
business, for your income to feed
your family,
its been extremely
challenging theres. No doubt
the guidelines keep changing
daily,
its been somewhat frustrating.
You know the whole three strike
rule. You know they should just
keep that with baseball. You
know
we are doing the best we can to
be compliant with all of our
guests.
We definitely have to be
involved in a lot of plussing
people, which is just an extra
strain on us trying to operate
the business.
We have you know, outdoor
seating, that needs to be set up
breaking down every single day.
It takes a good hour of
breakdown hour of setup,
its hot out,
and we have to sit there and
monitor people. We have to explain the rules to.
We have to explain the rules to
takeout order or its coming to
takeout order or its coming to
dine with us,
so people just want to come in
and have a beer, and I think
they should be allowed to,
and you know the majority of
our customers do want to eat and
drink at the same time,
but theres twenty percent of the business,
at least that want to just come
and have a drink,
and we are practicing social
were doing. Everything were
supposed to be doing
its just, not really a
sustainable business. You know
Jedediah the latest indication
from Cuomo is that
im sorry,
Jedediah yeah
indication from Governor Cuomo
is that indoor dining would not
be able to be done safely.
Do you find that to be true, or
is he wrong?
I think that we would be able
to do it safely.
I think that we have doors that
stay wide open, as we follow the
same setup that we have outside.
We make sure everyone wears a
mask when they come in when
theyre seated at a table. I
dont have to all my staff is
practicing
practicing the correct
sanitation practices to make
sure that we keep everything
clean and sanitized.
It would be helpful to have the
inside as well as the outside.
Like I said, my biggest concern
as a business owner is come
September October November,
especially you know they have
given us til October and they
basically said that til October
31st. I think we can keep this
outdoor seating
but, like I said its helpful,
but its really, not the answer.
You cant turn over tables
fast enough.
You could only seat, maybe you
Jedediah yeah,
its
Jedediah yeah Steven
youre, not really maximizing
anything and its a little
scary to see what the future
Jedediah yep
dont want to interrupt. You
were running out of time,
whats that
Jedediah dont want to
interrupt. You
were running out of time here.
Transcript generated on 2020-07-21.