Rosita’s Mexican Restaurant suspended dine-in service this week. Owners Kyle and Mindy James said customers confronting and berating the restaurant’s staff for complying with the governor’s mask directive prompted them to close the dining room. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
August 7, 2020
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August 7, 2020 8:05 a.m.
Restaurants bear brunt of mask ire
It started a couple weeks ago with occasional insults from tourists. By Aug. 4, the abuse from customers refusing to wear masks had reached such a horrifying level that Kyle and Mindy James, joint owners of Rosita’s Mexican Restaurant on 9th Street, decided to suspend dine-in service.