I had not sat down inside or outside a Fresno business for nine months. Until now.
Yep. I broke down and went to the new (still improving) beer garden setup at Zack’s Brewing in Downtown Fresno.
I had a couple beers along with some tri-tip.
It’s looking good, the beer is still awesome, food was great and it all felt weird.
I sat outside and away from everyone. Wore a mask except to drink and eat. I felt safe enough.
But I didn’t have to go. I could have stayed home. This is what I have done this whole Pandemic: getting takeout & delivery. No inside or even parking lot seating, for me.
But I broke, had some beers and got some flack for it on Facebook with a reminder of how things are going out there:
I can’t say disagree with the flack. But I wanted to support a friend’s business and have a Birthday Beer.
Zack’s and Tioga are making things as safe as possible and I was thirsty for an hour of normalcy.
We have all made our Corona choices somewhere. A tasty beverage on a nice Sunday afternoon broke me.
Now I gotta re-focus, a long Winter lies ahead.
Speaking of normalcy, people will be going to the patio at Livingstone’s tonight being it’s Thanksgiving Eve. I’m guessing not as many as traditionally, but still.
If you want the food experience but not the risk, they are on Grubhub now.
There are lots of patio changes in the Tower. Gold’s is Parklet-ting:
and Spokeasy’s has a “backyard” now:
Pleanty of places to feel guilty drinking at. 😆.
Thanks for reading, Fresno!Fresno! Stay safe out there and have a great weekend!
-Mike