Here’s a view of the YMCA at around 2:00 p.m. today.
There also were cars in the parking lot just out of view to the right. While resting for perhaps ten minutes before resuming my ride, perhaps a half-dozen people left the gym and another half-dozen arrived.
Seems like potential customers to me, but almost nothing is open downtown on Sunday.
The Bank Street Brewhouse team discussed this again last week, and once things are up and running, we’re going to take a shot at Sunday hours of 12 noon though 7:00 p.m. (or maybe 8:00 p.m.) We’re still thinking adult refreshments and a very simple food menu.
This seems to me the ultimate in chicken/egg arguments. Most businesses aren’t open because no one’s downtown on Sunday, but no one’s downtown on Sunday because most businesses aren’t open. The Y is open, so this would seem to indicate that people will come downtown on Sunday if there’s a reason. Granted, there quite a few children at the Y on weekends, and children aren’t a brewery’s target demographic. Still, it seems like something worth chancing.
