Central Pa. diner reopens for dine-in service despite stay-at-home orders

The Round the Clock Diner in York has reopened its dine-in restaurant, despite Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order.

York County remains in the red phase of Pennsylvania’s reopening plan during the coronavirus pandemic. Even restaurants in counties that enter the yellow phase are still limited to take-out and delivery only, the state’s plan says.

“The reason we opened is obviously to get back to some normalcy,” Christos Sacarellos, a family member of the diner’s owners said.

Sacarellos said the response from customers has been “overwhelmingly awesome” as people are just happy to get out. He said the restaurant is following social distancing guidelines, spacing open tables, limiting the number of guests to less than 20 or 30 percent of the occupancy.

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