PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia restaurants can expand indoor dining to 50 percent capacity on Friday with mitigation and social distancing guidelines, including tables of only four and no bar seating.Restaurants elsewhere in Pennsylvania were permitted to expand to 50% capacity back on Sept.
21. At the time, the city had opted to remain at the 25% capacity limit that resumed in Philadelphia on Sept. 8 due to case counts.City officials say restaurants will be able to expand from a quarter of their occupancy to half their occupancy this Friday.State regulations on expanded indoor dining required restaurants to complete an online self-certification form.Restaurants will also need to continue following city rules,.