With the omicron surge finally ebbing, restaurants and bars in the Seattle area are anticipating a more hopeful — but still uncertain — future. Now that Washington State ended indoor masking requirements on March 12 and King County rolled back vaccination status requirements on March 1, things are looking up for owners and workers in the hospitality industry. But even so, many owners fear that the fragile state of their industry will fade into the background as other municipal issues take center stage. More than a few of these businesses are in a precarious state, while 2,300 restaurants in Washington never made it through the pandemic.
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