When will we next have a drink in a pub?!

[Youngatheart00]

Lighthearted obviously compared to many other problems, but I’m so missing the pub and meeting with friends there. A glass of wine at home and a zoom call doesn’t even come close.

With the news today seeming to suggest pubs and restaurants would be the last thing to re-open, when do people think we might next step inside one? And do we think certain establishments might re open first if they limit numbers and / or have outdoor space?

I don’t know but I think I might go a bit mad if I can’t sit in a beer garden at all over the summer. I don’t want to sit near anyone, just have a pint and pretend everything has blown over.

I’m not expecting it until August at the earliest.

A long time. Hard to ensure social distancing in pubs and any such measures would make it not worth it for pubs to open as their bills/staff costs would be more than they take. Unless prices are hugely pushed up and people are prepared to pay them.

Someone on the news said pubs, coffee shops, restaurants and theatres will be the last to open because social distancing will be the norm well into 2021.

It’s just struck me that we are set to spend all of the summer basically in isolation. I work in central London so I can’t see me being in the office whilst social distancing is still advised, less about the office and more about the commute.

Having one of those reality check days I think. I was ok with it when it was weeks, maybe even a couple of months. But for longer.....this is tough. I’m not even an especially sociable creature!!

I could imagine when they do reopen, they'll have a strict limit on how many people can go in and still keeping to the social distancing guidelines. Maybe with a time limit for each party. Tables will probably be further apart and people will be told to stand back from the bar etc.

I can't see it happening for at least a couple of months though. Hopefully we'll have an Indian summer thouh and we can all sit in our favourite beer garden with something cold 👍

I’m hoping in time for Halloween 🎃
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July 2021

One of my locals has already gone up for lease.

If this goes on too long, I fear for the pub and restaurant trade.

January 2021

I know a few people in the brewing/pub industry and they are planning for an August opening. Seems very ambitious to me.

I'm watching with interest as I work in hospitality.TBH I had thought late June\july after Chris Wittys comments Wednesday I am not convinced it will be this year.

According to some people, never again. From now on you have to lock yourself up and never leave the house again...unless you’re a teacher and in that case I need you to look after my kids in huge groups, within tiny classrooms and that’ll be fine.