Facing fines and suspensions, some defiant Contra Costa County restaurants aren’t checking diners for COVID vaccination
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/11/10/facing-fines-and-suspensions-some-defiant-contra-costa-county-restaurants-still-wont-check-for-covid-vaccination/
ANTIOCH — At Lumpy’s Diner in Antioch during a recent noon hour, table servers were taking orders, customers were chatting over burgers and cooks were furiously whipping up entrees in the kitchen. It looked like a typical busy eatery, with a couple of big exceptions.
The restaurant’s co-owner, Gena Noack, wasn’t wearing a mask while making the rounds greeting customers, despite a Contra Costa County mandate to do so. Neither were most of the dozen or so workers that day, though most customers wore masks while walking into the diner.