Agreed. I had two back to back vacations in Seattle last year and tried to get a good feel for how it operates and really, its just like everywhere else. The interstate totally sucks. Some arterials are pretty bad but they have a huge grid of neighborhood streets some of which have so little traffic that the 4 way intersections don’t even have stops signs…in any direction!.
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In Myrtle Beach and I have eaten inside two different restaurants and I have to say that I have sure missed doing that. Both had mitigation for the virus to include the staff wearing masks. I felt comfortable eating inside. More comfortable than walking the crowded narrow sidewalks around the Pavilion area.
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That might be a bridge too far for me…for now. But I’m looking forward to eating outdoors again, and I’m hoping my favorite spots downtown can get some expanded outdoor seating. 
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Nourish Raleigh is expanding into the Liquid State space on Hillsborough.
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If the woman in all black with the orange soled shoes is staff, she’s not wearing a mask.
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It was Hooters. I will let you judge if you think she is staff or not…
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She could have been a manager. Trying to keep this family friendly and respectful.
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That struck me a pretty good at least temporary solution for restaurants here too, especially as the weather warms up. Question is where?
It would be hard downtown because you want to be fair. Closing off a street and adding tables and chairs is going to benefit the restaurants that are immediately in the vicinity. I think you’d want to focus on spots where you can block minimal through traffic and serve the most establishments. Not sure where this would be downtown, but in the Person St district, you could (and probably should) do something like this…
Blocking off Pace St and adding tables and chairs allows Pharmacy, Wilco, Pelagic, Pizza Box, Crawford, Jolie, Atlantic Lounge to have easy access to outdoor seating. You do lose some parking, but you don’t block much through traffic since it’s just a one way residential street.
And just north…
Hobby Properties should block off their entire parking lot and allow outdoor dining for Standard Food and Beer, Wine Authorities, Yellow Dog, Person St Bar. They could just activate their parking lot across the st temporarily (which they also own). They’d lose zero parking , likely be hit with a new insurance bill on that parking lot, but they’d give the tenants in their building across the street a fighting chance.
**maybe for the first couple months, Person St Partnership could pitch in a few bucks for the liability insurance on that parking lot.
Some picnic tables, a bunch of string lighting and this could actually look amazing…
Thoughts?
Here is what Chicago is doing…
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I know it’s not DTR, but NH should really be able to take advantage of additional outdoor seating.
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You don’t lose any evening parking because the person next to Pelagic got those ridiculous parking zone hours put in place.
I don’t think this has been mentioned in this thread yet (only in the S. Street Condos thread) but seems appropriate. The Raleigh Wire just spit out a revision to the Vault Beer (518 W. South St) site review doc. I can’t tell if there’s any movement or just a site URL change for instance. I emailed the contact on the SR and will update if there’s any new info.
EDIT: the “status” of the Raleigh Wire update is CAPA which seems to mean “Approved with Conditions Pending Appeal”
EDIT 2: based on @Alan’s post over on the Hotel’s thread it seems this project is approved pending any appeal by 6/13.
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Oakwood cafe just announced they are closing for good.
But on a more positive note, the Flying Mayan on Fayetteville St still has a sign up on their front door saying a June 1 projected open
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Crap. I love that place.
One thing for sure, the flies get a say in the matter, it
Nice, definitely looking forward to more retail on south Street!
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Nice weekend to be back in town for, Friday night looks promising.
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Mobile is allowing restaurants to spill out into their parking lots and public right-of-ways. They can put up 10x10 tents. No street closings. If you are serving booze, you got to let the ABC board know, but they’ve been pretty generous here in AL, all things considering. The article mentions how uncomfortable people are about eating inside many places right now. Mobile is been particularly hard hit here.
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