Barrel With No Bottom
By Mitch Berg
About a month ago, Open Table released information showing that restaurant reservations were in really bad shape in the Twin Cities.
Another month has passed, and it’s only gotten worse:
Apparently those photos Full of jammed restaurants that Mayor Frey had on his phone were gatherings of Democrats to support free-speech.
February 24th, 2022 at 8:01 am
Mandates are working as intended.
February 24th, 2022 at 8:06 am
Good post, this is really interesting… I mean, we’ve heard of just how awful it is in those cities that make up the bottom 8 (to get Chicago in there), but lil’ ol’ Mpls takes the prize?
February 24th, 2022 at 8:29 am
Since Houston, Austin and San Antonio are all liberal bastions, I’m surprised to see those cities with the biggest increases. Conversely, Dallas is only up 6%, which illustrate that it has not gone completely left.
February 24th, 2022 at 8:32 am
Looks like the more reprobate the city, the bigger the crash.
Nice
February 24th, 2022 at 8:36 am
Not a single Democrat governor or mayor questioned the “public health authorities” when, against all precedent, they said that the best way to protect the health of citizens from a minor pandemic was to shut down commerce — except for commerce approved by those politicians.
They thought it was a great idea!
February 24th, 2022 at 8:45 am
I spent Presidents’ Day weekend in Fort Myers visiting friends. Restaurants were packed. Servers wore masks, a few customers, nobody else.
It was almost as if people were expected to be responsible adults exercising their free will. Felt weird. I was glad to get back on the airplane where we were instructed to wear masks at all times – including between bites or sips – on penalty of being thrown out the airlock at 36,000 feet. Felt ever so much safer.
February 24th, 2022 at 9:36 am
Houston, Austin and San Antonio are still in TX. When Abbott finally removed state restrictions, his action trumped city apparatchiks. Lena tried to unilaterally extend restaurant closures in Harris County, but was resoundly thumped and was literally ignored by most restauranteurs. Without enforcement support she stopped crowing about extensions within days of Abbott opening up the state. I am sure similar things happened in San Antonio and Austin.
February 24th, 2022 at 9:41 am
boss, besides, the amount of hipsters residing in Austin and San Antonio, brainwashed or not, would not be deterred from going out. You have to remember, here in TX we don’t have to cower in the home during 6 months out of the year – we can be dining/drinking/partying outside 11 months of the year. Except this week. It was 80 and sunny on Tuesday and 38 and blustery yesterday. But this is last of the winter.
February 24th, 2022 at 9:50 am
I’m a supporter and fan of the Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum in St. Paul. I received a flyer yesterday promoting a 2-day “garage sale” of excess models and track after their recent remodel. Per the flyer: “Masks are required per St. Paul Emergency Order.”
That is one persistent emergency.
February 24th, 2022 at 11:58 am
JPA, did public health authorities attempt to correlate the lack of masking in Austin restaurants with an increase or decrease in covid cases?
I’m going to go way out on a limb here and say ‘no.’
February 24th, 2022 at 12:28 pm
jpa;
Yea, I know that in addition to being the state capital, it’s also party central from “tea sips” at the U of T. When I lived in Houston, Austin (and San Antonio) were part of my sales territory. Spent more than a few nights on 6th Street when I was there on business.
February 25th, 2022 at 5:08 pm
I have not been to a Mpls restaurant since Floyd. No interest in going there any time soon. Wanted to go to a concert at the State last week but all the stupid mandates and crime kept me away. St Paul is a tad better and is where I live. I have not donned a mask since the pathetic mayoral twins instituted worthless, ineffective mandates 6wks ago. I never wear a mask anywhere. He ll no. And not a word has been said to me from anybody. Disgusting, smelly, ineffective garbage. And the fact kids are still wearing them infuriates me.