Are you a restaurant owner trying to reopen your business during the COVID-19 pandemic? Chances are you will need to make adjustments to the social distance of your restaurant in order to comply with local regulations and occupancy rules. This isn’t going to be an easy task, by any means, but using self-storage can help you create a safe and inviting environment when weary customers are ready to return.
Before the pandemic, a successful business model for most restaurants was to:
- Fit as many tables as you can into the available space, and
- Turn them over as many times as possible.
Unfortunately, things have changed. Packing a lot of tables into a small space can be dangerous for your patrons. It can also be illegal depending on your state or locality. To help create social distance at your restaurant, you’ll need to eliminate some tables and chairs. Where should you put them? You could stack them up in the dining area but, this is both unsightly and still takes up valuable space. Space you clear can be used for additional dining or to create a take-out area. Since the virus regulations are temporary, you won’t want to sell or trash the excess restaurant supplies. Instead, you should consider a storage unit. When things inevitably return to “normal” you’ll have the resources you need to expand back to pre-COVID levels.
In addition to taking up valuable space, stacking excess tables and chairs is unsightly, has the potential to cause harm, and can lead to property damage. The last thing you need right now is for a customer or employee to knock over a stack of tables and chairs. This can cause damage to the property or worse, injury to a customer. Do you really need an insurance claim on top of the other issues you’re dealing with right now? If not, then you should consider moving these items to storage. By doing so, you will create a more inviting environment at your restaurant and make room for other needs, like a take-out station.
