Australia's restaurants and pubs prepare to reopen, but it won’t be business as usual

 Monday, March 23, 2020. The state of NSW is shutting down all non-essential services to slow the rapidly spreading coronavirus but schools will stay open for now. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Newtown local Geoff Day sips a coffee at a restaurant on King Street in Newtown in Sydney before nationwide shutdown in March 2020. Source: AAP

Most Australian states and territories will soon allow restaurants, cafes and pubs to open for a limited number of dine-in patrons, but many business owners say they’ll be sticking to takeaway for now.


RoyAl's Chicken and Burgers in Perth usually has a line of customers spilling out the door vying for a seat, but over the past few weeks the venue has been surviving on takeaway and delivery orders - a system the owners aren’t ready to give up.

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The owners of RoyAl's Chicken and Burgers say they are not rushing into reopening their dining room.

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