although restaurants allowed open monday many upscale cafes restaurants say continue stay shut moment choosing safety delivery takeout risks dining room opening half capacity mean high toll little profit restaurateurs say additional burden protecting safety customers employees contempt months lose revenue many say wait especially information public transport options yet willing hold pandemic curve flattened vaccine available much would comparable open endanger guests stave says pushparaj shetty possessor dynasty eating house sv road also concerned able control situation opening people always listen customers refuse fall out safety protocol want get fight obstruction starting only math add restaurants serve less half usual customers give restrictions capacity requirement uphold distance one metre two tables extra safety measures also mean staff lay intact appurtenance full staff organise hygienize dishware cutlery fresh protocol run overheads capable serve seven guests said hardeep chadha khane khas make flush usually bustling udupi restaurants wary reopening pramod nayak owner poornima fort said open least another calendar month staffer placid hometown offices area fully opened yet besides fear factor multitude also spending much eating economic uncertainty sannat ahuja owner sindhful khar reopening services would mean taking new supply maintenance costs commercially viable said adding taken bid continue deliveries first quarter next year thing clearer neville bose kala ghoda cafe said look clarity local transport cafe set accommodation within premises staff members outofdoors coffee bar living time said bose sometime would locomote everyday homes virar andheri small cafe owners like nutracker annie bafna optimistic phased manner even gravid restaurants like mumbai canteen pedro implement new safety rules concerned whether would ablebodied provide welcoming atmosphere gloves shields restrictions place restaurant may appear sterile guests said same seth partner hunger inc owns restaurants decided wait till end month cafe owners also disturbed risk of exposure computer virus spreading aerate vents small spaces architect prasad shetty said spatial design less issue management human density rather retrofitting restaurant interiors one look opening alternative spaces like parkland gardens promenades close restaurant clusters one take food seat eat said regrettably past years outside blank space shrunk