Local restaurants turn to takeout options after Gov. Ivey's latest mandate

Gov. Kay Ivey ordered that restaurants, bars, brewery or similar establishments are restricted from permitting on-premise consumption of food and drink on Thursday, March 19. While this decision will all but bring the foodservice industry to a screeching halt, some local restaurants have already begun to see a decrease in dine-in costumers. 

"We have seen a slowdown," Elmer's Restaurant's Shelia Worthington said. "We are taking takeout orders. Customers can call in and we'll bring the order out to the car for them."