temporary patio permit program has caught them by surprise.“We were just taken aback on the messaging behind this,” says Shaun Jeffrey, executive director of the Manitoba Restaurant and Foodservices Association.“Our industry just cannot afford that cost at this point.
For the most part, we haven’t even reopened yet.”Restaurants in Manitoba can operate at 50 per cent capacity, but can only seat tables containing members of the same household, up to five people.As some restaurants around the city opened their patios last weekend amid double-digit temperatures, they weren’t exempt to the rule.PATIO SZN!