Three businesses respond to Illinois lifting indoor mask mandate

By Lynnea Domienik, Claire Hyman
A shopper wears a mask at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2022. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she will let DC’s mask mandate expire at the end of the month.
A shopper wears a mask at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2022. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she will let DC's mask mandate expire at the end of the month. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
A shopper wears a mask at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2022. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she will let DC’s mask mandate expire at the end of the month.
A shopper wears a mask at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2022. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she will let DC's mask mandate expire at the end of the month. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Three businesses respond to Illinois lifting indoor mask mandate

By Lynnea Domienik, Claire Hyman
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Some Chicago-area businesses are excited that mask and vaccine mandates for many indoor spaces lift Monday. Others are taking a wait-and-see approach.

Reset checks in with three businesses in Chicago.

GUESTS: I’Talia McCarthy, general manager at Dill Pickle Food Co-op

China McNeal, hairstylist and owner of Chi Hair Imports Salon

Unique Gathings, owner of Combat Zone, jiu jitsu and MMA gym