Outdoor Dining Permitted / Change in 1st Street Traffic Pattern

On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, Governor Hogan announced that restaurants are permitted to serve food and beverages to customers for consumption in outdoor seating areas effective May 29, 2020 at 5 pm. In an effort to promote safer dining and support the restaurant industry, Governor Hogan is encouraging local jurisdictions to expand the footprint of outdoor dining.

The Town of North Beach is excited to announce that in addition to offering carry out services, restaurants in the Town of North Beach are now able to offer outdoor dining. By allowing the businesses to expand their dining areas outdoors, owners will be able to increase the number of customers they can serve while adhering to the physical distancing requirements and promoting safer dining in open-air spaces.

Neptune’s, located at the corner of 1^st Street and Chesapeake Avenue, lacks sufficient on-site outdoor space to seat patrons. The Town of North Beach has granted Neptune’s the use of a portion of 1^st Street for the placement of a tent and the provision of outdoor seating for restaurant patrons. The use of this area will not impede pedestrian access on the sidewalk on 1^st Street. Vehicular traffic will only be permitted in the eastbound direction between Dayton Avenue and Chesapeake Avenue. Vehicular traffic will not be permitted in the westbound direction on 1^st Street between Chesapeake Avenue and Dayton Avenue. To access 1^st Street, residents have been asked to turn west onto 2^nd Street, south onto Dayton Avenue and then east onto 1^st Street. Neptune’s has met all required health, safety and accessibility regulations required by the Town of North Beach and Calvert County. We ask that you take extra precaution while driving in this area.