Saratoga Village will keep its makeshift outdoor dining structures standing through 2022. The city of Saratoga and Caltrans agreed last month to keep the temporary parklets along Big Basin Road sta…
The temporary outdoor dining structures in Saratoga Village are sticking around for another year..dining parklets along Big Basin Road“That’s the great news; we have them there for at least the end of 2022,” said Chuck Page, president of the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce. “It brings energy to the village when people see people out there eating and having a good time. I think it brought a lot of new business to the Village once they went up.
“I think it’s been a great boom for the businesses, certainly the restaurants having a place to be able to serve outdoors when there were lockdowns. .… You’re basically answering the needs and desires of the public,” Page said. ”Businesses want to do that, for business’ sake. But people are the lifeblood of an area like the Village. If there’s a lot of energy, there’s a lot of people.”
“For how unpredictable things are, I think it’s a good backup option to have. We have a patio, but the patio only has four tables, so the most you can sit out there is 12. But with the additional [outdoor] seating, we’re able to seat 30 more people,” Gonzalez said.“The outdoor [parklet] is great,” Hong said. “Customers got used to it, and it would be sad if they took it out.”for the next decade.
Page said the Chamber of Commerce and the city are taking a “wait and see” approach to extending the parklets permit again.
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