Don’t drink so close to me

Will a bump become the new glass-toasting cheers?

Bars and restaurants excited to reopen are getting creative with social distancing requirements to comply with municipal guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, according to a report on BizBash.com, which got the scoop on some of the recent trends.

In the lineup are the six-foot-wide cardboard crowns at a Burger King in Germany, the personal greenhouses in Amsterdam, and the inner-tube-looking bumper tables at a restaurant and bar in Ocean City, Maryland — perhaps the most fun, according to the online publication.

“Bumper tables were a by-product of brainstorming how to get the cocktail party back,” said the owner of a Baltimore-based Revolution Event Design & Production, which is marketing the bumper tables for its parties. “For us, that portion of the event and the dance floor is where we see the most fun and laughter. Events are about so much more than a seated dinner at a five-foot round. But how to cocktail while maintaining the six-foot distance?”

More insurance and risk management news on the coronavirus crisis here.