15 New and Reopened Los Angeles Restaurants With Outdoor Dining
With the SoCal summer heatwave finally starting to give way to awarm and sunnyfall, outdoor dining — California's COVID-19 reopening plan will not allow businesses to operate indoors, even with modifications, until the county's positivity rate is between 2 and 4.9 percent — is in high demand.Los Angeles is one of the few areas around the country where restaurant goers will be able to dine outside year round, and some of the city'sbest restaurants have reinvented themselves to fitcustomers'socially distant needs. After months of preparation, which involved building dividers, changing menus, moving kitchens outside, securing the correct permits and more, a number of L.A.'s favorites reopened last month.