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Newsom’s backtracking on indoor dining like ‘whiplash’ to Malibu restaurant owner

Kristy's Restaurant at Trancas Country Market added outdoor seating, allowing it to stay open in the face of Gov. Gavin Newsom's about-face on indoor dining. Scott Steepleton/Malibu Surfside News

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Barbara Burke, Staff Reporter
8:17 pm PDT July 2, 2020

Weeks after allowing restaurants to restart indoor dining, Gov. Newsom backtracked, forcing establishments that can’t serve food outdoors or for curbside pick up to close — again.

Thursday’s order, a response to surging COVID-19 cases, isn’t sitting well with some Malibu restaurant owners.

“I feel like I have whiplash,” Greg Bashant, co-owner of Kristy’s Restaurant in Trancas Country Market, told Malibu Surfside News about the order. “I’m allowed to serve inside. Then, I’m not. It’s in. Then, it’s out.”

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