Restaurants with signs that read, “we are operating under a boil water notice”… and others that read “closed, sorry for the inconvenience”... were spread throughout downtown Pismo Beach on Thursday afternoon.
Business owners Malena and Chad Quake are the proprietors of Pismo Bowl. The Quakes say they have taken all of the necessary precautions to keep their operation running.
“We are not serving ice right now. We unplugged the ice machine and cleaned it out, melted all the ice. We're not doing any water cups out of the soda machine. We went out and bought canned sodas from the store, and we're getting a delivery of extra canned sodas and bottled waters tomorrow,” said Malena Quake.
Meanwhile, Peter Hague, director of the San Luis Obispo County Department of Environmental Health Services said the department is providing on-the-ground guidance to some establishments.
"We have staff here that perform restaurant inspections in addition to other tasks," said Hague. "Those are the folks we're sending out to work with the community of restaurants affected by the boil water notice."
The county recommends residents in the Five Cities area —Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Avila and Oceano — boil all tap water for one minute or use bottled water until further notice.
