How Restaurants Can Use Technology to Expand Outdoor Space

If one thing is clear, it’s that outdoor dining is here to stay. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many restaurants have had to rethink their spaces in order to accommodate additional outdoor dining capacity. All over the country, restaurants have gotten creative to reconfigure outdoor spaces into al fresco dining areas. It makes sense that customers are wary of the indoor dining experience right now. As the pandemic continues, it has become clear that standard sanitization and cleaning procedures aren’t going to make the cut. While online food and restaurant deliveries have gained momentum, many diners still want to experience in-restaurant dining. 

Restaurant owners quickly adapted to the new reality by creating outdoor dining spaces, often in creative ways. While many of these new outdoor dining spaces are ingenious ways of making patrons feel safe with limited resources, most are temporary structures. A tarp, tent, or other quickly erected structure is a good remedy for…