04/15/2026
Grand Prix Weekend has been an historically terrible experience for small businesses like ours that are located in the downtown area. Between loud noise, poor air quality, and lack of parking, many of our local neighbors/customers either hunker down in their homes or leave town entirely. We get very little foot traffic from race fans, and we have even had some scary situations with inebriated individuals coming into our shop. I don’t want to put myself or my staff in those kinds of situations again so we have decided to keep our doors closed. It will be a huge hit to our revenue to miss a weekend, especially during Earth Month, but in the end it’s just not worth it. So please consider planning a refill visit this week or next week!
I know this can be a helpful boost for restaurants and bars, so I hope they have a very successful weekend! If you are sticking around, be sure to tip your servers well!