The City of New Orleans announces bars and breweries can reopen under Modified Phase 2 COVID-19 guidelines today.
This means beginning today at 6:00 a.m. bars and breweries can resume indoor service at 25% of their permitted occupancy.
“Since the City eased restrictions and reentered a Modified Phase Two on Jan. 29, 2021, the case counts, positivity rate, and transmission rate in New Orleans have all decreased, allowing for further easing of some restrictions,” the city said in a statement. “In line with the State of Louisiana emergency order, bars and breweries will be allowed to operate indoors at 25% capacity as long as the positivity rate in Orleans Parish remains below 5%. Bars can only be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., per state proclamation.”
This Modified Phase Two guidelines will be in place for a minimum of three weeks.
The city had ordered all bars to close completely and banned to-go drinks during Mardi Gras in an effort to prevent another COVID-19 super-spreader event.