The blur between hospitals & restaurants is now a reality

[The Diplomat]

Test-to-table dining.

A New York City restaurant will soon require all patrons to take a rapid coronavirus test at the door before being allowed to eat inside two days a week.

Guests who want to visit the Pier 57 establishment on Tuesdays and Wednesdays will pre-pay $50 per person for the test when making a reservation via Resy online.
Upon arrival, a health professional will administer a nasal swab, and patrons will be able to sip on a glass of City Winery bubbly while they wait the 10 to 15 minutes for their results.

If the results are negative, the guests can go in, though they’ll still have to follow standard regulations such as wearing a mask and social distancing.
Should the test be positive, the venue will send the results to be verified by a lab, but the individual won’t be allowed in.
The eatery is still open test-free Thursday through Monday, and also offers outdoor dining.
https://nypost.com/2020/11/18/city-winery-will-require-50-on-site-covid-19-test-for-diners/

If you thought dress codes were bad, wait till you see this!

Anyone else guessing that specific test they're using is cheaper than $50, and someone is making a profit off of this?

 

[tonni]

Restaurants are an unnecessary luxury, just buy your own kitchen and cook at home.

 

[Fedor_Scared_Covid]

Anyone else guessing that specific test they're using is cheaper than $50, and someone is making a profit off of this?

The $63,000 question:

How accurate is test

 

[BluntForceTrama]

What kind of a looney idea is this?

taking "I'll just go next door" to the next level


This is goddam silly

 

[The Diplomat]

The $63,000 question:

How accurate is test

At that point, I'm not exactly sure how accurate a $50 covid test that can be read within 10-15 minutes is. Does the restaurant have a bio-lab in the back behind the fryer?

 

[Mr Holmes]

Queen B is getting a boner right now

Not sure he can get one.

 

[TUFNewb]

NOOOOOO!

You can't just test people for a contagious disease before they enter private property they were supposed to stop caring after the election!

Spoiler

 

[Brodels]

Why would you waste tests on the healthy going out to a restaurant?

Should probably save those for the sick.

But then again, I think these tests are inaccurate a good percentage of the time.

The singer Erykah Badu was recently tested twice. She said one nostril came back positive and the other negative. There was another person who also tested multiple times with different results but can't recall their name. So basically the tests are trash and inflating numbers.

 

[Deleted member 579584]

Not sure he can get one.

He can use Tonni's, it's not like he uses it

 

[whippersnapper]

The singer Erykah Badu was recently tested twice. She said one nostril came back positive and the other negative. There was another person who also tested multiple times with different results but can't recall their name. So basically the tests are trash and inflating numbers.

Like

 

[PHATV]

Let me tell you what is going to happen.

Somebody, probably a man, probably from the upper west side, is going to go to the pier feeling perfectly healthy. He will test positive at the door, and his plans for the evening will be ruined. As his date protests, he will begin violently coughing on the staff in rage and retaliation.

This is not a prediction. This is an inevitability.

 

[Wadtucket]

@Queen B is completely submerged in soy wad after reading these news

 

[Mr Holmes]

He can use Tonni's, it's not like he uses it

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

50 dollars!?!?!?!

Fuck that. That's like 4 drinks.

Yes, I sound poor.
@Revolver

$50 in NYC is like $2 in Boise.

 

[badascan]

don't support any business that goes along with this bullshit, but support those who defend freedom. This is important... it will never end unless we end it...

 

[Queen B]

They need to give you a State issued card similar to Drivers License once you get your vaccine. Its going to be like showing ID. This is the future

 

[Fedor_Scared_Covid]

At that point, I'm not exactly sure how accurate a $50 covid test that can be read within 10-15 minutes is. Does the restaurant have a bio-lab in the back behind the fryer?

Exactly.

Currently, theres a higher than normal FALSE rate readings.

 

[Fedor_Scared_Covid]

They need to give you a State issued card similar to Drivers License once you get your vaccine. Its going to be like showing ID. This is the future

Fuck that!

Where does humanity draw line in sand?

You do not understand the implications of your statement

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Fuck that!

Where does humanity draw line in sand?

You do not understand the implications of your statement

Dude , @Queen B is the best troll on this forum

 

[Curmudgeon]

So does this mean everyone working at the restaurant is tested daily? What about the deliveries/etc?