{"id":35106,"date":"2020-07-16T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T19:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=35106"},"modified":"2020-07-16T21:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T01:19:38","slug":"ballston-spa-mayor-says-opening-street-for-outdoor-dining-space-has-been-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2020\/07\/ballston-spa-mayor-says-opening-street-for-outdoor-dining-space-has-been-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballston Spa Mayor Says Opening Street For Outdoor Dining Space Has Been Successful"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35107\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-35107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2020\/07\/bspa-closes-street-hc-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2020\/07\/bspa-closes-street-hc-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2020\/07\/bspa-closes-street-hc-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2020\/07\/bspa-closes-street-hc-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2020\/07\/bspa-closes-street-hc.jpg 1518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A section of Front Street is closed to vehicles 4-10 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays to allow for more outdoor dining space during the virus pandemic that has limited restaurant capacity.<br \/>\u00a92020 Saratoga Photographer.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Andrea Harwood Palmer<br \/>\nThe Village of Ballston Spa has closed down a main commercial street during the coronavirus pandemic to make more space for outdoor dining for restaurants.<br \/>\nA section of Front Street is closed to vehicles from 4-10 p.m. those specified days every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Village of Ballston Spa is open for business,\u201d said Mayor Larry Woolbright.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s been going great. People are coming out. The restaurants are doing good business. People really appreciate being able to get out again. We have a nice 15-foot-wide pedestrian path blocked off down the middle of the street so everyone has plenty of space to get where they\u2019re going,\u201d he said.<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cRestaurants are all out with their tables on the sidewalks, with plenty of space on the side streets. They\u2019re doing good business, and they\u2019re all relieved to be able to open back up after being shut down for so long,\u201d said Woolbright.<br \/>\nThe village started closing off the street in early June. Woolbright said they are evaluating periodically as things progress.<br \/>\n\u201cIf restaurants are able to open back up at full capacity, they probably won\u2019t need it anymore. Until that time, it\u2019s going to continue, until the weather starts to get bad,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m hoping that some of the other shops start putting stuff out, when they see the crowds coming downtown for the restaurants. I\u2019ve had conversations with some of the retail spots, and they\u2019ve thought it might be worth putting things out on the sidewalk. I think it\u2019d be nice if we got a little more critical mass to our activity, in addition to our restaurants,\u201d said the mayor.<br \/>\nHe said newspapers accounts from other areas sparked the idea and some local business owners also suggested it. \u201cBeing a small village, we were able to mobilize a lot quicker than bigger, more complex places. We put it together in a matter of weeks, and pulled it off.\u201d<br \/>\nFour restaurants are serving alcohol on municipal property. Property applications were filed by Woolbright with the state liquor authorities to allow it. A license or permit was not needed for anything besides the alcohol. Those restaurants are the Next Door Kitchen &amp; Bar, the Front Street Social Club, the Sunset Grille and Henry\u2019s Irish Tavern.<br \/>\n\u201cIt took me a couple of days, all day, to get the applications together,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cThe whole packet was about 15 pages. We had to get it in five days before we wanted to start, to allow for processing time. I sent it all in on a Thursday afternoon, and I got a response from the State Liquor Authority about 20 minutes later,\u201d said Woolbright.<br \/>\n\u201cThey were expecting to be overwhelmed with requests, so they were at full staff waiting for applications &#8230; We were able to start without a hitch,\u201d said Woolbright.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s been great. People are just so happy to get out. It\u2019s been very successful, and I\u2019m really happy with it,\u201d said Karen Sherman, owner of the Sunset Grille. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful to the town for doing this, and for helping businesses along when it\u2019s been quite difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrea Harwood Palmer The Village of Ballston Spa has closed down a main commercial street during the coronavirus pandemic to make more space for outdoor dining for restaurants. 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