Billy Gilchrist took his wife, 6-month-old daughter, and mother to Brick City Southern Kitchen, taking advantage of the newly opened outdoor dining area.

Under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order that began Monday restaurants can reopen their dining rooms but must maintain a 25% capacity maximum or offer outdoor dinning. "We're excited to get out and try new meals other than what we've been cooking for six weeks.

I think all of the communities have done a great job with social distancing and preparing for this," said Gilchrist. The servers were all wearing masks and gloves, and the customers were seated

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