Summit officials say supporters who visited the bar at Roots Steakhouse at the summit earlier this month should be tested for coronavirus after testing several employees positively.
In a Facebook post on Friday, the city advised anyone visiting the bar between Nov. 3 and Nov. 12 to take the COVID-19 test. Officials said those who have eaten in or outside another part of the restaurant should consult a physician.
The rest restaurant rent located on Springfield Avenue is voluntarily closed on Thursday and will remain closed for at least 14 days, the city said.
“The Harvest Restaurant Group has confirmed that several employees at the Summit Routes location have tested positive for COVID-19. The restaurant cooperates fully with the health department’s investigation and closed voluntarily on November 12 and will remain closed for at least two weeks. The Westfield Regional Health Department will be in close contact with the restaurant, ”Citi said in a post.
The Westfield Regional Health Department has received five positive COVID-19 test results for employees working in routes, but contact tracing is ongoing, department director Megan Avalon told NJ Advance Media.
Contact tracing has indicated many employees who tested positive, spent time with both inside and outside the work environment, Avalon said.
The popular Summit restaurant is one of four owned by the Harvest Restaurant Group, which has been temporarily shut down due to coronavirus cases, according to a Facebook post written by Chip Grabowski, owner of the rest restaurant rent group. Others include Huntley Taver at the Summit, Adams Tavern at Westfield and Taber Road Taver at Morris Plains.
The results of the first positive coronavirus test at Roots were found on November 8, according to a post on the restaurant’s social media. Grebovsky said the restaurant “has acted in accordance with a government order and with our employees and communities in mind.”
“With a total of more than 1,200 employees, our responsibility is to provide them with secure, lucrative employment that we believe is paramount. “We also hope to provide a sense of normalcy to our neighbors in these challenging and uncertain times,” Chip Grabowski, owner of Harvest Restaurant Group, wrote in a post on Thursday.
In a Facebook post, Westfield officials said an employee of Adams Tower tested positive, but he did not work at the restaurant during the virus-infected period and has not returned to work since.
“As you may have read, Adams Taver, with great caution, has been temporarily discharged after a recent positive test by an employee. Based on a preliminary investigation by the health department, it was found at this time that the employee did not work in the restaurant during the period of the virus infection and did not return to work after testing positive. The health department continues to monitor the situation, “the post read.
Grabowski did not immediately return a request for comment from NJ Advance Media.
Coronavirus cases have risen in recent weeks as a second wave continues in New Jersey, where more than 50,000 cases were reported on Sunday. The number of daily cases on Saturday and Sunday was higher than the epidemic height seen in April.
Last week, the government’s Phil Murphy announced new restrictions to stop the spread of the virus, including forcing restaurants and bars to close indoor dining at 10 p.m. Allowed.
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