We want you to come get your food and beer from us. Then we want you to go, as in “to/go.”
But you don’t have to go far! Restaurants cannot serve food on their property because of the COVID19 rules. Lucky for us and you, Manteo has plenty of picnic tables all along our beautiful waterfront. It is the best al fresco dining you will find anywhere. You will be yards from the restaurants you love and feet from Shallowbag Bay.
It is the state rule that restaurants cannot serve food on their premises. Right now. It is subject to change. When? Ask our governor.
We got lucky here in Manteo. I asked our town, and by that, I mean our town manager James Ayers, if we could as a group of restaurants buy picnic tables and place them in the grass lot along the waterfront.
Two days later, bam, they provided them for us. That is how the local government should always work. See a solution and implement it!
Thank you, Mr. Ayers, and thank you to all the town employees who put in the extra work getting the tables ready. Troy Tugwell, as always, has let me know how hard he and the public works crew have work to pull this off. (but mostly him). Beer is on me for all of you. (but mostly Troy)
