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It’s not your typical Michelin-starred feast experience, dining near life-size mannequins clad in glamorous 1940’s style. It could be considered quite unconventional but then again, so is almost everything else right now.
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The three-star Michelin restaurant 'The Inn' at Little Washington, has found a fun or creepy way to enforce social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic when it reopened recently: costumed mannequins seated among the breathing guests.
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The theatrical, life-sized mannequins are dressed to evoke the post-war ambience of the 1940s, with pearl necklaces, checkered dresses and striped suits.
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Jess Soman, director of food and beverage at The Inn at Little Washington, poses with mannequins in The Inn's dining room in Washington.
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Mannequins act customers in the dining room at The Inn at Little Washington in Washington.
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Patrick O'Connell, chef at The Inn at Little Washington, poses with mannequins in the inn's dining room in Washington.
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Executive Assistant Jessie Dawson sits among mannequins occupying some tables.
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Guests walk past mannequins to help with social distancing in the grand dining room of The Inn at Little Washington.
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A waiter wears a face mask as he passes mannequins populating the dining room of The Inn at Little Washington.
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The Inn at Little Washington, one of the countrys most renowned restaurants uses mannequins to help with social distancing.
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Guests adjusting their masks stand next to mannequins populating the dining room of The Inn at Little Washington
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Guests poses with mannequins to help with social distancing in the grand dining room of The Inn at Little Washington.
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Mannequins are placed at a table to help with social distancing at The Inn at Little Washington.
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