Restaurants surround the Capitol Theatre in Arlington. A pair of them sandwich the 300-seat auditorium along with a third across the street.
Jamie Mattchen, the general manager of the Capitol Theatre, watches patrons visit each of them daily, while her vast auditorium remains empty in part due to Massachusetts coronavirus regulations.
“That’s the part that’s really a kick in the teeth, you can sit in a small restaurant six-feet apart for two hours, take your masks off and it’s fine,” Mattchen said. “But you can’t sit in a giant theater, take your mask off and eat popcorn. To me, it doesn’t make sense.”
Source: https://www.masslive.com/boston/