California Groundbreakers

** This podcast was recorded on May 18 ** NOTE: Forgive us for the spots of glitchy audio in this one -- they're worst in the first 4-5 minutes, and then it gets better. Such is podcasting during Pandemic Time! After nearly two months in lockdown, restaurant owners got their first concrete guidelines for opening up again when the state of California issued a 12-page document with 99 new regulations covering everything from physical partitions and closed bars to dishwasher goggles and table wait times. How will these guidelines change the way restaurants look and operate? Will they guarantee safety of staff and customers? How much will the new regulations raise restaurants’ costs of business, and how much of those costs will be passed on to customers? And will those customers even be eating out again when they’re allowed to? Listen to our conversation with Brad Cecci, chef of the Sacramento restaurant Canon, and Jot Condy, CEO of the California Restaurant Association, about what eating out will look lik