Downtown enterprise managers tackle the evening earlier than Thanksgiving

‘Twas the evening earlier than Thanksgiving and this 12 months there are not any COVID restrictions in bars.

Enterprise managers say that the evening earlier than Thanksgiving is the largest evening for gross sales.

It’s the evening earlier than Thanksgiving. Downtown Erie enterprise managers are stored busy welcoming individuals in and taking orders.

For the manager chef at Voodoo Brewery, he remembers what this present day was like for enterprise final 12 months.

“It shut us down proper earlier than Thanksgiving, which as we speak could be certainly one of our busiest days as a bar and damage our gross sales considerably. This 12 months, we’re proud of the turnout that we’re seeing,” mentioned Joshua Russell, Govt Chef for Voodoo Brewery.

“It feels actually good to be open, however it’s actually scary although as a result of if these numbers that we predict don’t are available, it places us in a extremely tough place as a result of, you already know, we now have staffed for giant issues to occur. We now have loaded up stock for giant issues to occur,” mentioned Haley Strasser, Supervisor at Jekyll & Hyde’s Gastropub.

Folks mentioned that they weren’t capable of exit final 12 months as a result of COVID-19, however they’re glad to lastly be again this 12 months downtown.

“We haven’t gone out like this shortly due to COVID. We try to keep away from individuals however we’re vaccinated and able to celebration,” mentioned Sydney Momeyer, Erie Native.

“Simply take pleasure in family and friends. We don’t must work tomorrow in order that’s sort of good and we are able to sort of benefit from the evening and bar scene now with out COVID and all of that. We are able to go wherever we wish and it’s good,” mentioned Jerrett Kawski, Erie Resident.

Perhaps what made this evening doable individuals mentioned is with the ability to spend time with household and mates.

“We now have a whole lot of huge reservations coming afterward. Lots of people are on the town with their households and don’t have college,” mentioned Chubbs, Supervisor at Calamari’s Squid Row.

Enterprise managers are hoping that because the evening continues extra individuals will come out.

All the bars right here downtown shut round midnight tonight, however some say they’ll keep open longer if there are sufficiently big crowds.

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