WINDSOR, ONT. -- A Leamington restaurant is defying the provincial COVID-19 shutdown orders and remaining open for in-person dining.
Kristy Leathem, the owner of Family Kitchen at 73 Erie Street South, says her doors have been open for dine-in restaurant during regular business hours since February.
“If Walmart down the street can remain open at 50 per cent capacity why can’t I?” said Leathem.
Her establishment has a capacity for 100 people, but Tuesday morning she said she had about 50 customers.
She says she is not planning on exceeding capacity rules at 50 per cent, but wants a more even playing field when it comes to rules for the shutdown.
Ontario issued a province-wide emergency brake shutdown on Thursday. Under the new rules, restaurants are prohibited from in-person dining and are allowed to be open for takeout and delivery only.
With files from CTV Windsor’s John Lewis.
