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15 DAYS, AT LEAST UNTIL APRIL 1. THE DOOR USED TO OPEN >> HOW ARE YOU SIR >> FAR MORE OFTEN AT THE QUAFF BAR ON BROADWAY. >> IT’S DEFINITELY BEEN SLOWING DOWN. IT’S THE MAIN SUBJECT ON EVERYBODY’S MIND. >> GIL LOPEZ WORKS THE BAR. BUT WHERE HE’S USUALLY BUSY MIXING DRINKS NOW HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME CLEANING. >> IT’S BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS ON EVERYBODY’S MIND. WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN DURING THE NEXT COUPLES MONTHS IF WE’RE NOT WORKING. >> EMPLOYEES SAY IT’S BEEN DEAD AND DEPRESSING SINCE THE TOURNAMENT WAS CANCELLED. >> IT WAS REAL SLOW AND BORING. I LIKE IT WHEN IT’S REALLY BUSY. TIME GOES BY. IT WAS NOT REALLY FUN TO BE HERE TODAY. >> NORMALLY THEY’D AT LEAST SEE 20-40 PEOPLE. >> WE SHOULD’VE BEEN MORE PREPARED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAN WE ARE NOW. >> WE HEARD EVERYTHING WAS CLOSING DOWN BUT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO COME HERE ANYWAY. >> ANITA ROSS IS ONE OF THOSE CUSTOMERS. >> CAUSE THEY NEED THE BUSINESS TO STILL KEEP GOING. >> IT’S JUST A GHOST TOWN. YESTERDAY I WORKED A DOUBLE FROM OPEN TO ABOUT 8:00 AND I ONLY HAD 4 TABL

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Restaurants, bars, taverns, clubs and movie theaters in the Kansas City metro will close for 15 days beginning Tuesday.Jackson County, Missouri; Johnson County, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri, and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas met and agreed to implement measures to close the establishments. Platte County also announced the same measures on Tuesday.Authorities said delivery, pickup and drive-through service will still be allowed. The decision will be reviewed on April 1. At the Quaff Bar & Grill on Broadway Boulevard, the door used to open far more often."It's definitely been slowing down. It's the main subject on everybody's mind," said Gil Lopez, a Quaff employee. But where he's usually busy mixing drinks, he now spends most of his time cleaning."It's been one of the main topics on everybody's mind. What's going to happen during the next couple of months if we're not working?" Lopez said.Employees said it's been dead since the tournament was canceled."It was real slow and boring. I like it when it's really busy. Time goes by. It was not really fun to be here today," said Matthew Scott, a Quaff employee.They said normally they would at least see 20 to 40 people.On Monday, the Quaff saw 10 people."We heard everything was closing down but we knew we were going to come here anyway," customer Anita Ross said. "Cause they need the business to still keep going.""It's just a ghost town. Yesterday, I worked a double from open to about 8 o'clock and I only had four tables," Quaff server Sam Floth said. "And I had the whole restaurant."Floth said she doesn't know how she's going to pay her bills and buy groceries."Hopefully you've got enough there to pay the bills and keep the lights on," Lopez said. "It will eventually the panic will probably slow down."