'A slap in my face': LA restaurant owner's video showing a film shoot's catering tent set up next to her closed eatery explodes on social media

• Angela Marsden made a video over the weekend showing a film crew set up next to her closed restaurant in Los Angeles.
• Los Angeles County recently banned outdoor dining and issued new stay-at-home orders.
• Restaurants across the country are struggling financially.

A video from a restaurant owner in Los Angeles who was forced to end outdoor dining while a film crew set up catering next door was shared widely online, illustrating why many are taking issue with the city's strict pandemic measures.

Angela Marsden, the owner of Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill, posted the video on Saturday, The New York Times reported.

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"They have not given us money, and they've shut us down," Marsden said in the video. "We cannot survive. My staff cannot survive."

Los Angeles County has some of the strictest coronavirus measures in the country. A new stay-at-home order that went into effect in late November barred people from gathering in public or private with those who aren't members of their household. The order is set to stay in effect through December 20.

The county banned outdoor dining on November 25, limiting restaurants to takeout and delivery only.

Marsden said she had organized a protest against the restriction before she arrived at her restaurant to see the catering tents set up for the TV show "Good Girls."

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"Tell me that this is dangerous," Marsden said in the video, pointing to her restaurant's patio, "but right next to me - as a slap in my face - that's safe? This is safe, 50 feet away?"

A judge last week ordered the county to provide evidence that outdoor dining is sufficiently dangerous to justify the ban.

The ban is particularly strict, but restaurants across the country are in trouble. The National Restaurant Association on Monday sent a letter to Congress asking for financial relief.

"More than 500,000 restaurants of every business type - franchise, chain, and independent - are in an unprecedented economic decline," the association's executive vice president for public affairs wrote. "And for every month that passes without a solution from Congress, thousands more restaurants across the country will close their doors for good."

The trade group estimated that more than 110,000 restaurants had already closed this year, and restaurant owners in LA have been vocal in pushing back against orders that they say are will effectively kill their businesses.

Some cities in the county have rebelled and written their own rules, too. Pasadena allowed outdoor dining in groups of six or fewer, and Beverly Hills City Council passed a unanimous measure opposing the county-wide restriction on December 1. Several other municipalities in the county are considering breaking with the county health department of the mandate, Eater reported.

In Santa Monica, which is part of LA County, restaurant and bar owners protested outside the home of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl over the weekend, ABC7 reported. Kuehl was reportedly seen eating at an outdoor restaurant hours after voting to ban outdoor dining, the outlet reported. Protestors chanted "Reopen!" and held signs saying "All businesses are essential" and mentioning California Governor Gavin Newsom by name, according to a video.

LA restaurant owners are echoing the complaints of small business owners across the country. Among restaurants that have managed to stay afloat so far, 58% expect that they will have to lay off or furlough more employees in the next three months, according to the National Restaurant Association's survey. Meanwhile, cases continue to rise, with over 14 million US COVID-19 cases and 280,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins.