Moa Korean BBQ and Bar in Charlotte is a new restaurant that is planning to open for business with temperature scanners for its customers. | Stock Photo
Moa Korean BBQ and Bar in Charlotte is a new restaurant that is planning to open for business with temperature scanners for its customers. | Stock Photo
As Charlotte gradually reopens from the COVID-19 shutdown, one restaurant owner is taking extra precautions to make sure his customers are safe.
Moa Korean BBQ and Bar on Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte is installing a thermal imaging camera and screen at the hostess stand to spot anyone who might be running a temperature, WSOC-TV reported on May 15.
“That way, the customers coming in feeling a little better,” owner Sean Kim told WSOC-TV. “It doesn’t detect everything, but there’s a little relief to sit down and enjoy a dinner.”
Kim set the camera to issue an alert if a customer’s temperature is 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, WSOC-TV reported. Businesses in South Korea are using similar systems, Kim said. He is already using the cameras for employees at his restaurant in Columbia, South Carolina, which is still offering takeout only.
Customers who are turned away because of high temperatures will receive discounts on takeout or gift certificates for dining-in later, Kim told WSOC-TV.
“We’ll see some angry customers turning around, but we have to set the rule and written policy in front of the restaurant,” Kim told the television station. “I hope everybody understands why I’m doing it.”
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