DELETED: As new COVID-19 restrictions bear down, surviving businesses draw on hard-earned lessons from the spring

A NEST design+build construction worker with protective mask installs siding last week at a site in South Seattle. Residential construction has been allowed to proceed under the new COVID restrictions. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS)

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A NEST design+build construction site in South Seattle has signs that can be seen from the street and a wash station behind the sign for workers. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS)

Sisters Sabrina Rinderle, left, and Tara Espinoza, co-owners of Queen Anne Dispatch in Seattle, say the pandemic policies and adaptations they've put in since the first round of restrictions in March will likely make this second round more tolerable. One huge advantage, Espinoza says, is that customers are now accustomed to masks and other the safety protocols. "They know what to expect." (Paul Roberts/The Seattle Times/TNS)