"The Grove - Fillmore: We want to re-open. To maintain social distancing until we all come out of this pandemic, the indoor capacity of that restaurant would be about 25, as opposed to the 60 seats in there now. The lease expires in about 18 months. Between the time to re-layout the restaurant and the costs any restaurant is going to need to invest to reopen in a manner where safety of the guests and employees with today’s health challenge is as certain as humanly possible, 20–25 seats for however long, and then be gone in fall 2021, the math does not work. However, it was always our intention to renew, the landlord is a good guy we have a nice relationship with, and we are having an amicable conversation where we hope we can find a solution that works for all. We would like to re-open Fillmore and be there for another 20 years, if that can work for all involved. Shortly, we should have an answer." - Eve Batey
