new jersey restaurant and hospitality association

New Jersey restaurants and businesses are facing significant financial and labor challenges as weather warms up.

Special rules were created to get alcohol in your hands during the coronavirus pandemic, and those rules may stick around.

Municipalities would not be able to make the move until they've held a public hearing on the merits of establishing an open container area in town.

Friday also marks the reopening of dance floors at bars and restaurants. And patrons will not be required to be seated while ordering food and drinks.

The public health crisis has put a major dent in both leisure and business travel, the bread and butter for the state's hotel industry.

It won't be the restaurant experience you're used to.

"Our restaurants are certainly safer than house parties where these celebrations are occurring because restaurants and banquet halls are not open," said Marilou Halvorsen, president of the New Jersey Restaurant & Hospitality Association.

With the Garden State stuck in Stage Two because of COVID-19 spikes in other states, an increasing number of fitness centers and restaurants are in danger of closing for good.

The state restaurant association says restaurants can't afford to put off openings they spent big money getting ready for.

Until outdoor dining is actually underway in New Jersey, the Garden State will be losing this business to neighboring states, according to the association that represents the state's restaurant industry.