Eight Orange County restaurants have closed temporarily to deep clean and sanitize, some after finding out that one or more employees have been infected with COVID-19.
Bluegold/LSXO, at Pacific City in Huntington Beach, posted a message Monday, June 29 on Instagram to its customers without saying whether it was because an employee was sick. “In efforts to demonstrate our commitment to staying safe and promoting health, Bluegold/LSXO will be closed Tuesday, June 30 to Thursday July 2 with plans to reopen Friday, July 3…”
The Dylan Brea also posted a note on Instagram that it was closed and will sanitize after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The restaurant was already shuttered by Wednesday, June 24 because it had some water damage from flooding inside that had occurred on Father’s Day.
“Our water damage has been significant and because of limited scheduling our closure will be about 2-3 months. Our water damage repair will include sanitization,” wrote Cynthia Vigil, owner at Toast Restaurant Group, in a follow up email to the Register. “As soon as the rest of our team comes back with negative results we will be reopening our other two restaurants, Toast in Whittier and The Benediction in City of Industry.”
Other closures include Cha for Tea, at the University Town Center in Irvine, which announced on Instagram that it will clean, sanitize and test more staff members after one employee tested positive, and Clancy’s in Seal Beach which announced a closure on Facebook without specifying whether any staff was infected, as well as Red O in Newport Beach which announced its closure for deep cleaning Tuesday, June 30 on Instagram without saying whether employees were ill.
A spokesperson for Stonefire Grill in Fountain Valley said that a few staff had tested positive for COVID-19. The restaurant reported the cases to the health department last week, identified close contacts for self-quarantine, closed the location “out of an abundance of caution,” and followed all CDC protocols before re-opening over the weekend. The restaurant was deep cleaned and has reopened for dinner service with dine-in, takeout and delivery.
Baja Fish Tacos in Santa Ana also closed for cleaning on Friday, June 19 because a staff member tested positive, then cleaned, sanitized and reopened the very next day. “We are very careful when it comes to that,” said office manager Arturo Silva, adding that all locations are doing takeout only. “We didn’t feel comfortable, so we shut down the dining area and we’re just doing to go.”
Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside county health departments will list COVID-19 restaurant closures online. The OC Health Care Agency has no plans to do so at this time and will not confirm or deny whether any specific closing is due to the novel coronavirus.
“For any worksite, including restaurants, if a case of COVID-19 is reported in a member of staff, our Public Health Services team reaches out to the facility to provide guidance based on the particular circumstances,” Dr. Clayton Chau, director of the agency, said in a statement. “If there is a cluster of cases, depending on the number of cases and the size of the facility, we may either mandate that all staff be tested and/or a facility close for a period of time until it is clearly safe to reopen.”
Of those restaurants closed because of COVID-19-infected employees mentioned in an article published on June 23 on ocregister.com, The Longboard Restaurant & Pub reopened on Friday, June 26.
Javier’s in Newport Beach, The Boiling Crab in Santa Ana and 2145 Pizza in Costa Mesa (which had announced it would reopen on Wednesday June, 17 but is still waiting on results of employee testing) have not reopened.
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