Join Our Campaign to Open Indoor Dining, Save Illinois Restaurants

The Illinois Restaurant Association continues to engage with local, state, and federal officials to help employers and employees address concerns about COVID-19.

Please see the below resources and information for your business - updated as of 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, January 14.

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Add Your Voice: Open Safe Indoor Dining

For more than two months, Illinois has shut down indoor service at restaurants in every region of the state. These extreme restrictions are devastating Illinois' hospitality community.

The IRA is urging Governor Pritzker and state leaders to take a more pragmatic approach to mitigations that allows for limited indoor dining, which will protect public health without destroying businesses and livelihoods.

Click here to view the full press release.

Hospitality businesses across Illinois have been surviving the winter by exhausting all remaining funds, laying off dedicated team members, and often closing up operations.

Restaurants are running out of time, and they need a more reasonable – and immediate – path forward.

Here are two ways to make your voice heard:

• Click here to send a message to Governor Pritzker and leaders in the General Assembly to allow the hospitality industry to safely open their indoor operations during mitigations. 

• Post the above graphic on your social media channels with the below caption:

• “With extensive safety measures in place, there are few industries more qualified to protect the wellbeing of its guests and team members. Restaurants are running out of time, and they need a reasonable – and immediate – path forward to resume indoor dining. #FightForIllinoisRestaurants https://p2a.co/QdteiTa”