We have an empty restaurant locally, and they finally rented it out. I know the landlord, and he is saying restaurants are having a hard time with increased labor costs. So the new tenant is Wood Ranch which a traditional sit down, but they are just going to do bar seating and take out. No booths. Perfect for us.
People have a perception of bars being dirty grimey places, but really changed things is when the outlawed smoking in bars, made things so much nicer. So yes we can make changes to make things better