Coronavirus: Couple sets up table in pickup truck outside Italian restaurant to celebrate 37th anniversary

North Carolina couple said they love to eat at Mama Ricotta's on South Kings Drive in Charlotte but could not because of the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic.

So on Wednesday, before the state's stay-at-home order went into effect, Charles and Susan Shepherd ordered takeout and set up a checkered cloth-covered table and chairs in the bed of their pickup truck in the parking lot outside the popular restaurant.

"The weather had been so bad, so it just felt like a sweet gift that it was a nice evening, and it was kind of a last opportunity for us to do that for a few weeks," Susan Shepherd said. "So, we definitely enjoyed the evening. So, we had a little jazz music in the background and watched a little 'Jeopardy!'"

They’ve been married 37 years and said spur-of-the-moment dates like this could be the secret to a long marriage, as well as getting through the pandemic.

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