New Orleans began Phase 2 of reopening the city June 12, with some businesses finally able to open doors after months of being shuttered.
Places that can now open with 25% capacity include bars without food permits, outdoor pools, casinos, racetracks and video poker. Other businesses were allowed to open with up to 50% capacity, including gyms, barber shops and hair salons, retail and shopping malls, and aquariums, zoos and museums.
The procession makes its way to the altar during mass at St. Louis Cathedral on May 17th during Phase One re-opening and again on June 14th after Phase II. Capacity at churches was raised to 50% this weekend. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Bourbon Cowboy on Bourbon Street is boarded up on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 and open again at limited capacity after the Phase Two implementation on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Manager Eric Ramstead seats a guest for the matinee of “Singing in the Rain” at the Prytania Theater as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at movie theaters in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Classic movies meet COVID on the screen before a showing at the Prytania Theater as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at movie theaters in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Manager Eric Ramstead seats guests for an evening showing of a Harry Potter movie at the Prytania Theater as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at movie theaters in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Classic movies meet COVID on the screen before a showing at the Prytania Theater as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at movie theaters in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Patrons sit apart while being encouraged to go to the lobby for a treat before the showing of a Harry Potter movie at the Prytania Theater as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at movie theaters in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Tattoo artist Peter Goff does his first tattoo in weeks as he works at Aart Accent on North Rampart Street after Phase Two allowed tattoo parlors to re-open in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Tattoo artist Peter Goff does his first tattoo in weeks as he works at Aart Accent on North Rampart Street after Phase Two allowed tattoo parlors to re-open in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Tattoo artist Peter Goff does his first tattoo in weeks as he works at Aart Accent on North Rampart Street after Phase Two allowed tattoo parlors to re-open in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People sit at distanced tables at Cafe Du Monde on Decatur Street on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Patrons line up outside Bourbon Street businesses as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People ride and stroll down the 700 block of Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
A sign enforces the wearing of masks at a Bourbon Street shop as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People gather inside and outside of Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People gather inside and outside of Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People dance in the street outside Tropical Isle in the 700 block of Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People dance in the street outside Tropical Isle in the 700 block of Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People stroll in the 600 block of Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Diners sit outside in the 200 block of Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People stroll in the 600 block of Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Diners eat at a restaurant on Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars and casinos in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Diners eat on the sidewalk on Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars and casinos in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People stroll Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Diners sit outside at Musical Legends Park on Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars and casinos in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Patrons line the bar at the Crossing in the French Quarter as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars and casinos in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
Harrah’s New Orleans is lit up and open as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars and casinos in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People play video poker inside a daiquiri shop on Bourbon Street as Phase Two allows for 50% capacity at restaurants and the limited re-opening of bars and casinos in New Orleans on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
People pass a mural on Bourbon Street as bars are allowed to re-open in New Orleans under Phase Two guidelines on Saturday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
The procession makes its way to the altar during mass at St. Louis Cathedral after Phase II raised capacity at churches in New Orleans to 50% this weekend. Photographed on Sunday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
The congregation stands in prayer during mass at St. Louis Cathedral after Phase II raised capacity at churches in New Orleans to 50% this weekend. Photographed on Sunday, June 13, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)
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Michael DeMocker has been a photojournalist in New Orleans for over twenty years. He’s been the National Press Photographer Association’s Regional Photographer of the Year three times and loves photographing all things New Orleans. He lives Uptown with his wife, son, and two dogs of varying intelligence.
