As Gov. Roy Cooper shut down restaurant dine-in service across the state, at least one continued to allow customers to eat inside: the cafeteria in the Legislative Building. And now a cafeteria worker there has tested positive for COVID-19.

On Wednesday, Legislative Services Officer Paul Coble sent a memo to lawmakers and staff explaining that the cafeteria would be shut down indefinitely after the female worker’s test results came back positive. He said she had been sent home Thursday after falling ill.

But the cafeteria remained open between then and the announcement, with an announcement on Twitter Wednesday morning that the cafeteria would serve chicken pastries and country style steak. The shutdown came later Wednesday.

The House Committee on COVID-19 held its first meeting a week ago on March 25, though most lawmakers have opted to attend via video conferencing. Coble and N.C. General Assembly Police Chief Martin Brock were spotted by an NC Insider reporter eating in the cafeteria that day — along with several other tables of customers — just one day before the woman fell ill with the coronavirus.

Coble said the woman and employees who worked around her have been placed on leave and are advised to self-quarantine. Coble wrote that aggressive action is being taken to stop the spread of the virus, including a thorough cleaning of the cafeteria and the snack bars in the Legislative Building and the Legislative Office Building. The two snack bars will be “converted” to take-out only when they reopen, Coble wrote.