Restaurants move to takeout, offer curbside pickup

On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper mandated all bars and restaurants in North Carolina stop sit-down service. Restaurants may still offer takeout, delivery and drive-thru ordering, Cooper said at a press conference. Cooper, calling the COVID-19 pandemic “unprecedented,” said the order encourages social distancing and will prevent the disease from spreading undetected. It went into effect at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

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