Santa Cruz County businesses are getting ready to allow their patrons to exercise and dine inside without a mask if they are fully vaccinated.The June 15 change to indoor mask-wearing is what most people are excited about. That includes fully vaccinated Californians not having to wear a mask while running on the treadmill at the gym or when walking into a restaurant.Gyms and restaurants are ready to fully reopen and ease up on restrictions.”We have been waiting for this day for a very long time,” said Kris Mulkey, InShape’s chief marketing officer.Full indoor capacity for businesses is here. InShape gyms throughout California are opening up all their amenities, from the pools, saunas and steam rooms on Tuesday.The number one thing, InShape said, is that members want is to work out maskless. Members can shed the mask only if they’re fully vaccinated.If not, the gyms are trusting members with the honor system, and to use a face covering if they are not fully vaccinated.”We want all the people in our community to be healthy, fit and happy. We hope that more people will come to our club who maybe haven’t ventured here before because we really do have something for everyone,” Mulkey said.Opening up to full indoor capacity while ditching the mask rule for customers is also mounting excitement for Cafe Brasil in Santa Cruz.”It’s really hard to do customer service when you have to be telling people you have to wear a mask, you have to do this, you have to do that … they already get grumpy right away. It defeats the whole purpose of having a nice time,” said Rafael Paixao, Cafe Brasil general manager.During pandemic restrictions, Cafe Brasil extended service to their outdoor patio. The restaurant is planning to keep the outdoor dining area while doing full capacity inside. There are options in case COVID-19 restrictions change.”At Cafe Brasil we don’t take sides, we just follow the health department. Whatever the health department says we have to do to stay open, we do it,” Paixao said.At both gyms and restaurants, employees will still have to wear masks for now. However, mask requirements for California employees could change soon depending on Cal/OSHA.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —
Santa Cruz County businesses are getting ready to allow their patrons to exercise and dine inside without a mask if they are fully vaccinated.
The June 15 change to indoor mask-wearing is what most people are excited about. That includes fully vaccinated Californians not having to wear a mask while running on the treadmill at the gym or when walking into a restaurant.
Gyms and restaurants are ready to fully reopen and ease up on restrictions.
“We have been waiting for this day for a very long time,” said Kris Mulkey, InShape’s chief marketing officer.
Full indoor capacity for businesses is here. InShape gyms throughout California are opening up all their amenities, from the pools, saunas and steam rooms on Tuesday.
The number one thing, InShape said, is that members want is to work out maskless. Members can shed the mask only if they’re fully vaccinated.
If not, the gyms are trusting members with the honor system, and to use a face covering if they are not fully vaccinated.
“We want all the people in our community to be healthy, fit and happy. We hope that more people will come to our club who maybe haven’t ventured here before because we really do have something for everyone,” Mulkey said.
Opening up to full indoor capacity while ditching the mask rule for customers is also mounting excitement for Cafe Brasil in Santa Cruz.
“It’s really hard to do customer service when you have to be telling people you have to wear a mask, you have to do this, you have to do that … they already get grumpy right away. It defeats the whole purpose of having a nice time,” said Rafael Paixao, Cafe Brasil general manager.
During pandemic restrictions, Cafe Brasil extended service to their outdoor patio. The restaurant is planning to keep the outdoor dining area while doing full capacity inside. There are options in case COVID-19 restrictions change.
“At Cafe Brasil we don’t take sides, we just follow the health department. Whatever the health department says we have to do to stay open, we do it,” Paixao said.
At both gyms and restaurants, employees will still have to wear masks for now. However, mask requirements for California employees could change soon depending on Cal/OSHA.