Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L & I) has relaxed dining regulations for certain restaurants after Railroad Pub & Pizza owner Nick Crandall argued that the restaurant’s dining room, with garage-door sized roll-up windows, had just as much airflow as the outdoor sidewalk tents that have been allowed.
His restaurant is now open for what the state has called “open-air dining,” but the change doesn’t apply to all restaurants.
You can’t just prop open a window and door and let people sit. A restaurant has to meet certain criteria, operate at a limited capacity, and monitor carbon dioxide levels to ensure adequate airflow in an open-air dining room.
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