Belmont introduces open street dining to help downtown restaurants

From WBTV: Under Phase 2 of North Carolina’s reopening, restaurants are allowed to open their dining rooms, but only at a 50 percent capacity. With half the amount of diners they could potentially seat, it is still a struggle for many of these businesses trying to...

PHOTOS: Dining Alfresco in Belmont

From The Gaston Gazette: Main Street was blocked off to allow restaurants to offer alfresco dining in the street Saturday evening, May 23, 2020, in downtown Belmont. [Mike Hensdill/The Gaston Gazette] Read more from The Gaston Gazette here.

PHOTOS: A look Inside Primal Brewery In Belmont Open for Carryout

From The Gaston Gazette: Zeke Butterfield gets a carryout order ready for John Searby at Primal Brewery which is now open and offering to-go food and beer at their location at 52 Irvin Street in the building that was formally Rivermen in Belmont. [JOHN CLARK/THE...

Retail business back in Gaston County

From The Gaston Gazette: The restarting of the economic engine known as small business retail began Saturday in Gaston County. Dormant for more than a month after Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order calling for social distancing to limit the spread of the coronavirus...