Snohomish County businesses welcome state’s reopening

Brian Styron works on a drink at Diamond Knot Brewery & Alehouse on Friday in Mukilteo. Across Snohomish County, restaurants, bars and other businesses are back at full capacity, following the drop of COVID-19 restrictions earlier this week. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

EVERETT — It had been 470 days since Shawn O’Donnell’s in south Everett operated at full capacity, but that changed Wednesday.

Glasses clinked and staff buzzed throughout the jam-packed restaurant floor, where customers filled every table and most bar stools.

“There was a lot of really good energy and mojo in the restaurant,” manager Kristen Nannery said. “It was noisy and sounded like a lively Irish pub should.”

Across Snohomish County, restaurants, bars and other businesses are back at full capacity, following the drop of COVID-19 restrictions earlier this week.

In Mukilteo, the Diamond Knot Brewery & Alehouse reopened fully Wednesday at 11 a.m. and has…

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