It seemed within minutes of Governor Pritzker’s order to shut the door on dine-in customers at restaurants and bars (a not-intemperate reaction to scenes of drunken, emerald-colored idiots mobbing Wrigleyville and River North on Saturday), the Chicago restaurant community had mobilized. An organized campaign flooded social media, with independent chefs and owners thanking the governor but pleading for relief for the thousands of workers and small businesses bracing for a crushing hit once the ban took effect Tuesday at 9 PM.
To that end, restaurant publicist Jenn Galdes and a fellow named Sean Lynch, who she had just met on Twitter, have launched Dining at a Distance, a site that aggregates who is open for takeout, delivery, or curbside pickup.
