Colorado Restaurants Still “Hibernating”

Many restaurants in Colorado are choosing to remain closed to in-person dining even though they are allowed to open up at 25 percent capacity, according to reports.

Colorado businesses have been subject to the arbitrary crazy COVID dial for the better part of a year, but restaurants have been especially hard hit, as their business model depends largely on the in-person dining experience, and most remain largely unprofitable unless they are able to have 50-100% of the restaurant filled at peak hours.

To make matters worse, Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) haven’t been able to get on the same page in terms of their plans, and instead have been surprising restaurants and local officials with fast and unexpected changes – making it very difficult for many restaurants to increase or decrease staff, supplies, and food deliveries to match the restriction level.

Colorado political leaders continue to blame the virus for their decisions as if there is an actual correlation between coronavirus data and their forced mitigations. Data shows no verified correlation between mitigation efforts and viral spread, even under the false notion that the testing can be trusted.

The decision to give businesses a small amount of their Constitutional freedom back is likely due to the fact that the Colorado economy has tanked in relationship to other states.