Since the first full weekend of March, customers can walk into Homi Mexican restaurant in St. Paul without waiting for an employee to unlock the front door.
For much of the winter, customers had to sit in idling cars or stand outside a freezing entryway before being granted temporary, provisional access, like a Cold War safe house, with the door being locked behind them on the way in and the way out.
Now, this novel concept of just walking up, opening the door and entering the restaurant can seem suspiciously easy and carefree…