Restaurants across New Jersey
are still operating at a 50% capacity, and in an attempt to turn more tables
and increase revenue, some spots are implementing a 90-minute table limit.
Old Glory in Keyport began
limiting customers to 90 minutes once indoor dining was allowed again.
Some customers, such as Bill Avery,
of Belford, like it.
"I think it's a
good move because you have people waiting to get in,” says Avery.
“It's not just now, it's
anytime. I think it’s rude for people to sit at a table after they're finished eating and just
talk and talk when you're at an eating establishment and you should get up and
go."
Others, like Henry
Jacom, of Matawan, not so
much.
"I feel that the limit
to eating is not really good because people need to enjoy their time while they
eat with their family and when you're eating you have to enjoy yourself and
being forced out at a certain time is not fun," says Jacom.
At Old Glory, the time limit
begins as soon as people are seated, and as the restaurant says, the warmer the weather gets, the harder it is to enforce.