Patrons under plastic: Restaurants get creative in virus era

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Patrons under plastic: Restaurants get creative in virus era
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Dining at a table where each person is enclosed by a clear plastic shield might look and sound futuristic, but it could be one way for some restaurants to reopen.

“We want to fill the space with fun things,” said owner Patrikas Ribas.

At Amsterdam’s Mediamatic restaurant, the owners have erected small glasshouses that surround each table, served by waiters in protective shields. Mathieu Manzoni, the director of H.A.N.D, said he thinks the plastic shields are a “pretty, more poetic” solution for restaurateurs who fear that social distancing could cut their capacity by half or more.Makers of the Plex’eat say they have received more than 200 preorders around the world, including from France, the U.S., and Japan.

Being French, there’s a version for more intimate dining, of course: a dome that cocoons its occupants in romantic isolation from the rest of the room.— At El Salamanca, a Barcelona beachfront restaurant known for paella, menus are gone and customers use their smart phones to scan a QR code to consult what is on offer.

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