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Vancouver restaurants consider defying state ban on indoor dining

Winter struggles with outdoor seating turn attention to Inslee, Legislature

By Anthony Macuk, Columbian business reporter
Published: January 9, 2021, 6:00am
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Customers make their way into a dining tent along the exterior of Beaches Restaurant &amp; Bar on Thursday. Indoor dining has been banned in Washington since November due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Customers make their way into a dining tent along the exterior of Beaches Restaurant & Bar on Thursday. Indoor dining has been banned in Washington since November due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

Local restaurant owners are hoping the Legislature might take quick action to hasten the return of indoor dining in Washington after nearly two months of outdoor-only service. Gov. Jay Inslee imposed the current ban in mid-November due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Restaurants have been grappling with varying levels of restricted operations since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, but the indoor dining ban has left owners struggling

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