- June 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
After 15 months of requiring businesses to close or offer limited service, San Francisco — leading the nation in vaccinations with a rate of 80 percent for eligible residents — will reopen Tuesday with businesses at 100 percent capacity and vaccinated patrons without masks.
At least that is the state’s plan, but businesses offered an array of their own plans — from partial to full openings and from masked to unmasked. What they shared was an exuberance about the pandemic coming to an end.
“I’m very, very, very excited, because at the beginning we didn’t know what was going to happen,” said Francisco Hernanduz, the 64-year-old owner of El Metate at 22nd and Bryant streets.
Exceptions to the full reopening include schools, childcare and public transportation, all of which will require masks but no social distancing, according to a mayoral release.
Muni has not said how long masks will be required, but BART is requiring…
