1,500+ Members Join the Call to Reopen Indoor Dining

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 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 14.

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Join the Call to Reopen Indoor Dining

Thank you to the 1,500+ members that have added their voices today to our campaign to reopen safe, limited indoor dining in Illinois. Click here to read our full announcement.

If you haven't already done so, click here to send a message to Governor Pritzker and leaders in the General Assembly, and share the above graphic on your social media channels.

The IRA would also like to thank Mayor Lori Lightfoot for her support of reopening the restaurant and hospitality industry. We will continue to work with local and state leaders to find solutions to keep restaurants open for business.

Read more about our ongoing efforts:

• WGN 9 - The push to reopen Illinois restaurants

• ABC 7 - Illinois Restaurant Association calls for return to indoor dining

• Chicago Tribune - Mayor Lori Lightfoot pushing for Chicago bars and restaurants to reopen for indoor dining ‘as quickly as possible’

• Chicago Sun-Times - Lightfoot wants to reopen bars and restaurants as soon as possible

• WGN Radio - Illinois Restaurant Association President Sam Toia: ‘We are one of three states in the country to be completely shut down’

• Crain's Chicago Business - Pritzker could announce limited reopening

• The Center Square - Restaurants demand to reopen statewide as some Illinois regions may see relaxed COVID restrictions

• Univision - "Pritzker salve a los restaurantes de Illinois y permita las comidas en el interior", reclama la industria

• My Journal-Courier - Restaurant association asks for lighter mitigations

• Chicago Now - A cry for help: Save Illinois Restaurants

• WBBM Radio - Restaurant group urges Pritzker to lift indoor-dining ban