Restaurant owners are taking every precaution they can to ensure the health and safety of not only their customers, but employees.
Coffee shops also use water for everything from espresso and coffee makers to doing dishes and washing produce.
The boiling point for water is 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and luckily for many coffee businesses in town, "Most of our espresso machines and our coffee maker gets to at least 212," Strange Brew owner Katelyn Reed said.
Reed said most of Strange Brew’s coffee machines and soda fountains have commercial-brand water filters, and uses boiled water for general sanitation.
But we are open for business and look forward to seeing all of our customers today," she said.
"Our Coke machine is through the tap and when we brew our tea, it’s through the tap. Our espresso machine is fine, but for our coffee, we have big, purified water gallons that we use," Cafe 212 employee Jordan West said.
"This morning we had to come in and redo it, our produce that we usually wash the night before.
At 24 bottles of water to a case and 50 cases to a pallet, the company has sold over 14,000 bottles of water since Thursday evening.