In addition to our normal news coverage, What Now Atlanta is tracking ways Atlanta’s businesses are adapting to the novel coronavirus and the challenges it brings to brick-and-mortars.
Bell Street Burritos has temporarily closed its Tucker location as one of the restaurant’s employees Monday morning tested positive for COVID-19, Owner Matt Hinton told What Now Atlanta in an email after publishing the news to Facebook.
“The Tucker location of Bell Street Burritos is temporarily closed as we learned this morning that one of our employees has tested positive for COVID-19,” Hinton said. “Although it is not required by the state, out of an abundance of caution, we are closing to sanitize and disinfect our facilities and have our staff tested.”
Bell Street Burritos has two other locations that remain open and unaffected by the temporary Tucker closure: 1816 Peachtree Street and 112 Krog Street #1A.
“Our top priority is the safety and health of our guests and our staff and we have notified all team members who may have come into contact with the infected individual, and are working to get the staff tested immediately,” Hinton said. “We hope to be open before the end of the week, but we will not allow any team members to work unless they provide a negative test result. Follow us on social media for updates.”
[Editor’s note: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly evolving as is its effect on Atlanta, and the City’s businesses and its residents. Click here for What Now Atlanta’s ongoing coverage of the crisis. For guidance and updates on the pandemic, please visit the C.D.C. website.]
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I really don’t get this at all. Ice cream is primarily a take out operation anyway. So why would they be affected by the Trump virus? People can still go and get their ice cream and don’t have to linger and subject themselves to any health risk. I’m guessing this shutdown is more related to their location. It’s not a great location, very little parking. I don’t know why they closed their Beltline location. It was close to much more foot traffic.
congratulations you are the dumbest person on the internet
No, I’d just turn off the fake news and racism and lies from FOX Noise and Trump that have destroyed our democracy if I were you
Actually there’s been plenty of parking there since March.
From the white supremacist Trump supporters radicalized by the racism and hatred from Trump who are terrorizing our cities, like the Proud Boys, all with shoutouts from Trump?
oooh gottem.
With all the Queen of Cream store closings, maybe brick and mortar wasn’t where they needed to be.
I honestly don’t understand how something as seasonal as ice cream makes it work without a cool weather offering.
How many times do I need to tell ya, I’m not a robot…