I was doing some Christmas shopping yesterday and noticed one of KC's event venues has a chart for whether a certain event requires a vaccine, a 72-hour negative test, and masks.... and many weren't accepting the negative test, but some were, and some didn't list the mask thing.
So, you have to not only research the city/state, and not only the venue, but the specific event on any given night.
I'm guessing the rationale for restaurants is there's a chance of many people huddling around the front if there's a wait, so then it becomes more about a lack of social distancing in that situation, and possibly being crammed in a small space.... but yeah, most of the time it's pretty pointless.
Arizona hasn't had a mask mandate in so long, I think the only time I've worn one is at the doctor's office (not for Covid
).... but, I work from home full time and don't ever go anywhere, anyway, heh.