Giesecke wouldn't discuss details of financial losses for the year due to COVID-19, but said they've adjusted cost structures to deal with the strain of the pandemic. You can go back to work and come back out for happy hour." "It's given us a little bit of runway to get up to speed on food, but we want to have a place where you can come during the day and have lunch and you don't necessarily have to have a cocktail. "The pandemic has been a silver lining so to speak, because it's given us an opportunity to tweak the food concepts," Giesecke said. The bar had intended to introduce food service at some point, but the pandemic accelerated those plans. "I'll be able to manage it easier than having little pop-up tents or the screens on the top, because the water is going to get on those people."Īcross the street, Chill Bar Palm Springs - with a nightclub atmosphere, male go-go dancers and various theme nights - has offered outdoor food and beverage service on its patio since August.Ĭreative director and owner Rob Giesecke said he spent $50,000 at the end of July to build the kitchen. Building it was easy because the previous tenant, the Rainbow Bar and Grill, was a restaurant and there was already a grease trap installed. "That will be able to protect and keep the rain off people," Miller said. Temperatures are expected to be in the 60s with a chance of rain, but having a tent will be an advantage. The weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday makes Miller nervous. "The clientele I've had at Stacy's has always wanted more, so that's why we've brought in better food." Anyone can have the chips and salsa and anyone can do a lot of simple stuff," Miller said. "Everything I try to do I try to do outside of the box. The food menu includes offerings such as salads and wraps, and a Sunday brunch with bottomless mimosas. on Thursday and Sunday and midnight on Friday and Saturday. His business is about half of what it normally would be during this time of year and the bar is only open Thursdays through Sundays, closing at 10 p.m. Joseph Miller, the owner of the piano bar Stacy's Palm Springs, said the 20-by-40-foot outdoor wedding tent he erected behind his bar last month is expected to cost him $10,000 over the next three months. Surviving the pandemic with outdoor food service "We're just trying to follow all the regulations that are out there, and we do it like everybody else on the street," said manager and bartender Mary Bongard.
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Hunters Palm Springs, a nightclub themed gay bar, is making do with offerings of pizza, tacos and hot dogs. With help from the Palm Springs Art Commission, the patio space includes public art, as well as tables and chairs, televisions and music.
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Bars must also sell food with every alcoholic beverage purchase. But in October, the county moved back to purple tier, the most restrictive, after a jump in reported cases, and now only outdoor service is allowed.īar owners have been forced to limit capacity to adhere to social-distancing guidelines, and spend money on building kitchens or expanding outdoor patios while taking a financial hit due to the pandemic.
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