Phil OKs dinner & a movie

Indoor dining can resume in New Jersey and movie theaters and other indoor performance venues in the state can reopen from their coronavirus-induced closures this week, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday.

Restaurants in the Garden State can open for indoor dining beginning Friday, at 25 percent capacity and with social distancing between tables, Murphy said in a tweet.

“Reopening responsibly will help us restore one of our state’s key industries while continuing to make progress against #COVID19,” the governor wrote.

Also on Friday, movie theaters and other indoor performance venues can reopen with limited capacity, his office announced later Monday.

Face masks and social distancing will be required and capacity will be capped at the lesser of 25 percent or 150 people.

Like in New York City, eateries and bars throughout New Jersey have been open for outdoor dining since June amid the coronavirus pandemic.

There has been pressure on Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo to resume indoor dining in the Big Apple, but there is still no timeline for when eateries there can open for indoor dining.

De Blasio has said indoor dining is too risky in a dense city like the Big Apple, which was hit especially hard by the COVID-19 crisis.

The rest of New York state has already resumed indoor dining, at 50 percent capacity.

Movie theaters have still not been given the green light to reopen in New York state, although Cuomo recently hinted that they will likely reopen soon.