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San Francisco restaurants have been checking vaccination status for a month. Here’s how it's going. - SF Gate
Sep 25, 2021 1 min, 22 secs
Most restaurants in San Francisco have had very few issues over the city's vaccine card check requirement, but restaurants in tourist-facing areas such as Pier 39 have worked hard to ensure that incoming customers know of the mandate.

After just over a month of San Francisco requiring restaurants and bars to check patrons for vaccination status, the city is finally learning about the impact the mandate has had on the hospitality industry.

In a survey given to members of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, the majority (79%) of the 151 responses reported “very few issues” with customers’ willingness to show proof of vaccination.

Laurie Thomas, executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, told SFGATE she was “a little disappointed” to hear there are restaurants still experiencing issues, but said, “The overwhelming majority have not had very many issues, which is, I think, a testament to San Francisco and our residents, and our visitors right now.”.

Bob Partrite, chief operating officer of Simco Restaurants — which owns a number of dining establishments on Pier 39, including Pier Market and Fog Harbor — said that when the vaccine card checks were first announced by the city, he was very concerned about how people were going to take it and what it would mean for his restaurants?

To prevent customers from being surprised by the city mandate, Partrite’s restaurants updated their websites, mentioned the requirement on its social media feeds and tagged outgoing reservation notices with notes about the vaccine card requirement.

The Golden Gate Restaurant Association did its own outreach campaign as well, working with hospitality groups to make sure visitors at hotels were also warned about vaccination card requirements.

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