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Restaurants Innovating To Minimize Lost Revenue<\/h2>\nRestaurant owners around the U.S. are still reeling from the impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on their business. Even as most cities begin to reopen, restaurants and bars are required to limit indoor seating to 25% of the overall indoor seating capacity.\n\n![\"outdoor](\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\")
Image Source: https:\/\/www.theherald-news.com\/2020\/05\/29\/outdoor-dining-starts-to-bring-people-out\/ahkbrf4\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThis raising some severe issues for restaurants that rely on dine-in customers. Some restaurants have turned to take-out and curbside pickup, but the truth is that most restaurants rely on patrons who sit down and order from a traditional menu.\n\nInstead of stifling economic growth and condemning restaurants to close permanently, some cities throughout the U.S. are allowing local restaurants and retail establishments to expand their service area to sidewalks, individual streets, and their parking lots.\nSetting Up Outdoor Seating In Restaurant Parking Lots<\/h2>\nAs more diners set up seating in their restaurant parking lot, restaurant owners need to think about how they will keep the safety of drivers and patrons in the new shared space.\n\nUnder the Occupational Safety and Health Act<\/a>, restaurant owners have the responsibility to provide a safe and healthy space for workers and their customers.\n\nMany cities from Cincinnati to Atlanta are seeing more outdoor seating at restaurants set up under giant white tents in restaurant parking lots.\n\nThe more an individual interacts with others, the higher the chances that COVID-19 will spread with the local population. The CDC recommends that restaurants try to keep all food delivery to carry-out or curbside pickup.\n\nWhile this may seem straightforward, it becomes more difficult as restaurant owners restructure their parking lots to accommodate outdoor dining options. Here are a few tips that restaurant owners should follow when offering outside seating options in their restaurant parking lots.\n1. Establish A Clear Traffic Flow<\/h3>\nIn the past, your restaurant parking lot was strictly for patrons to park their cars before they visited your restaurant.\n\nHowever, as you look to set up tents, chairs, and tables in the parking lot, you will need to take extra care to ensure traffic has a clear flow<\/a> and direction.\n\nImage Source: https:\/\/www.wvxu.org\/post\/outdoor-dining-bars-open-weekend-heres-what-you-need-know#stream\/0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nNew and returning customers may become disoriented and confused if they visit your restaurant for the first time in a while. In addition to clear markings, you can also limit speeding by placing speed bumps<\/a> at the entrance of the parking lot and along the desired path for cars.\n\nIt would be best if you placed signage and directional arrows around the parking lot entrance and throughout the restaurant parking lot to direct drivers towards the designated parking areas.\n\nUse highly visible striping, traffic cones<\/a>, and parking signs<\/a> to signify traffic patterns and handicap spots. You can also use cone lights to improve visibility at night if you continue to seat diners in your restaurant parking lot at night.\n2. Set Up Adequate Lighting Throughout The Parking Lot<\/h3>\nPoor lighting can lead to injuries as drivers travel through your restaurant parking lot at night near diners. You can reduce the chances of an accident by placing exterior lights around the dining area.\n\nImage Source: https:\/\/slate.com\/business\/2020\/04\/restaurants-reopen-outside-coronavirus.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nYou can also direct traffic at night with well-placed lights on top of traffic cones or other signs to direct drivers to dedicated parking areas.\n\nAlong with placing lights in the parking lot, you should also add regular checks throughout the night to ensure the lights are set and working correctly.\n\nReplacing burned-out or broken light bulbs is an essential part of your restaurant risk management as you introduce diners to the new outdoor seating areas.\n3. Clearly Mark Pedestrian Crosswalks<\/h3>\nIt may seem redundant, but you will need to clearly mark where diners should cross from the parking lot<\/a> to your outdoor seating area.\n\nTypically, patrons will leave from a single door, and a dedicated crosswalk area as traffic enters the parking lot. You can place crosswalk signs<\/a> near crosswalks to direct pedestrians and drivers with caution around the immediate area.\n\nThis orderly manner is necessary to ensure your restaurant parking lot is safe, but with the introduction of outdoor seating, you will need to take extra caution to ensure pedestrians do not walk through traffic lanes.\nSeating Moves Outdoors As Restaurants Reopen<\/h2>\nAs Federal, State, and local officials set regulations to address the growing coronavirus pandemic, restaurant owners are looking for new and innovative ways to keep their businesses open.\n\nOne way restaurants are serving patrons is by moving seats and tables to the restaurant parking lot.\n\nWhether you are looking for a great bite to eat or you own a restaurant, be sure to keep your eyes open while you enjoy your time out. As more dining tables are set up in restaurant parking lots, there will be more opportunities for accidents throughout the day.\n\nRestaurant owners can use the tips listed above to help with their restaurant risk management and to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all diners while enjoying a great meal!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The American Tradition Of Dining Out Eating out has become a staple of the modern American lifestyle. Whether going to the local diner for breakfast with the family after church on Sunday or heading to your favorite wing shop for the Big Game, Americans love coming together at restaurants to celebrate and entertain each other. However, this trend took a … Continue reading “How To Make Restaurant Parking Lot Seating Safer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[14,15,17,25,26],"class_list":["post-5371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic-awareness","tag-pedestrian-safety","tag-traffic-managment","tag-roadway-innovations","tag-accident-risks","tag-distracted-drivers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Setting Up Outdoor Seating In Restaurant Parking Lots<\/h2>\nAs more diners set up seating in their restaurant parking lot, restaurant owners need to think about how they will keep the safety of drivers and patrons in the new shared space.\n\nUnder the Occupational Safety and Health Act<\/a>, restaurant owners have the responsibility to provide a safe and healthy space for workers and their customers.\n\nMany cities from Cincinnati to Atlanta are seeing more outdoor seating at restaurants set up under giant white tents in restaurant parking lots.\n\nThe more an individual interacts with others, the higher the chances that COVID-19 will spread with the local population. The CDC recommends that restaurants try to keep all food delivery to carry-out or curbside pickup.\n\nWhile this may seem straightforward, it becomes more difficult as restaurant owners restructure their parking lots to accommodate outdoor dining options. Here are a few tips that restaurant owners should follow when offering outside seating options in their restaurant parking lots.\n1. Establish A Clear Traffic Flow<\/h3>\nIn the past, your restaurant parking lot was strictly for patrons to park their cars before they visited your restaurant.\n\nHowever, as you look to set up tents, chairs, and tables in the parking lot, you will need to take extra care to ensure traffic has a clear flow<\/a> and direction.\n\nImage Source: https:\/\/www.wvxu.org\/post\/outdoor-dining-bars-open-weekend-heres-what-you-need-know#stream\/0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nNew and returning customers may become disoriented and confused if they visit your restaurant for the first time in a while. In addition to clear markings, you can also limit speeding by placing speed bumps<\/a> at the entrance of the parking lot and along the desired path for cars.\n\nIt would be best if you placed signage and directional arrows around the parking lot entrance and throughout the restaurant parking lot to direct drivers towards the designated parking areas.\n\nUse highly visible striping, traffic cones<\/a>, and parking signs<\/a> to signify traffic patterns and handicap spots. You can also use cone lights to improve visibility at night if you continue to seat diners in your restaurant parking lot at night.\n2. Set Up Adequate Lighting Throughout The Parking Lot<\/h3>\nPoor lighting can lead to injuries as drivers travel through your restaurant parking lot at night near diners. You can reduce the chances of an accident by placing exterior lights around the dining area.\n\nImage Source: https:\/\/slate.com\/business\/2020\/04\/restaurants-reopen-outside-coronavirus.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nYou can also direct traffic at night with well-placed lights on top of traffic cones or other signs to direct drivers to dedicated parking areas.\n\nAlong with placing lights in the parking lot, you should also add regular checks throughout the night to ensure the lights are set and working correctly.\n\nReplacing burned-out or broken light bulbs is an essential part of your restaurant risk management as you introduce diners to the new outdoor seating areas.\n3. Clearly Mark Pedestrian Crosswalks<\/h3>\nIt may seem redundant, but you will need to clearly mark where diners should cross from the parking lot<\/a> to your outdoor seating area.\n\nTypically, patrons will leave from a single door, and a dedicated crosswalk area as traffic enters the parking lot. You can place crosswalk signs<\/a> near crosswalks to direct pedestrians and drivers with caution around the immediate area.\n\nThis orderly manner is necessary to ensure your restaurant parking lot is safe, but with the introduction of outdoor seating, you will need to take extra caution to ensure pedestrians do not walk through traffic lanes.\nSeating Moves Outdoors As Restaurants Reopen<\/h2>\nAs Federal, State, and local officials set regulations to address the growing coronavirus pandemic, restaurant owners are looking for new and innovative ways to keep their businesses open.\n\nOne way restaurants are serving patrons is by moving seats and tables to the restaurant parking lot.\n\nWhether you are looking for a great bite to eat or you own a restaurant, be sure to keep your eyes open while you enjoy your time out. As more dining tables are set up in restaurant parking lots, there will be more opportunities for accidents throughout the day.\n\nRestaurant owners can use the tips listed above to help with their restaurant risk management and to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all diners while enjoying a great meal!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The American Tradition Of Dining Out Eating out has become a staple of the modern American lifestyle. Whether going to the local diner for breakfast with the family after church on Sunday or heading to your favorite wing shop for the Big Game, Americans love coming together at restaurants to celebrate and entertain each other. However, this trend took a … Continue reading “How To Make Restaurant Parking Lot Seating Safer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[14,15,17,25,26],"class_list":["post-5371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic-awareness","tag-pedestrian-safety","tag-traffic-managment","tag-roadway-innovations","tag-accident-risks","tag-distracted-drivers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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2. Set Up Adequate Lighting Throughout The Parking Lot<\/h3>\nPoor lighting can lead to injuries as drivers travel through your restaurant parking lot at night near diners. You can reduce the chances of an accident by placing exterior lights around the dining area.\n\nImage Source: https:\/\/slate.com\/business\/2020\/04\/restaurants-reopen-outside-coronavirus.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nYou can also direct traffic at night with well-placed lights on top of traffic cones or other signs to direct drivers to dedicated parking areas.\n\nAlong with placing lights in the parking lot, you should also add regular checks throughout the night to ensure the lights are set and working correctly.\n\nReplacing burned-out or broken light bulbs is an essential part of your restaurant risk management as you introduce diners to the new outdoor seating areas.\n3. Clearly Mark Pedestrian Crosswalks<\/h3>\nIt may seem redundant, but you will need to clearly mark where diners should cross from the parking lot<\/a> to your outdoor seating area.\n\nTypically, patrons will leave from a single door, and a dedicated crosswalk area as traffic enters the parking lot. You can place crosswalk signs<\/a> near crosswalks to direct pedestrians and drivers with caution around the immediate area.\n\nThis orderly manner is necessary to ensure your restaurant parking lot is safe, but with the introduction of outdoor seating, you will need to take extra caution to ensure pedestrians do not walk through traffic lanes.\nSeating Moves Outdoors As Restaurants Reopen<\/h2>\nAs Federal, State, and local officials set regulations to address the growing coronavirus pandemic, restaurant owners are looking for new and innovative ways to keep their businesses open.\n\nOne way restaurants are serving patrons is by moving seats and tables to the restaurant parking lot.\n\nWhether you are looking for a great bite to eat or you own a restaurant, be sure to keep your eyes open while you enjoy your time out. As more dining tables are set up in restaurant parking lots, there will be more opportunities for accidents throughout the day.\n\nRestaurant owners can use the tips listed above to help with their restaurant risk management and to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all diners while enjoying a great meal!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The American Tradition Of Dining Out Eating out has become a staple of the modern American lifestyle. Whether going to the local diner for breakfast with the family after church on Sunday or heading to your favorite wing shop for the Big Game, Americans love coming together at restaurants to celebrate and entertain each other. However, this trend took a … Continue reading “How To Make Restaurant Parking Lot Seating Safer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[14,15,17,25,26],"class_list":["post-5371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic-awareness","tag-pedestrian-safety","tag-traffic-managment","tag-roadway-innovations","tag-accident-risks","tag-distracted-drivers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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