Restaurant Owners Spent Thousands to Upgrade Their Patios. Now They’re Looking at Empty Tables. | Eater Portland

"Daniel Casto, general manager of Double Dragon, told me the Southeast Portland bar has spent $15,000 on a massive forthcoming covered patio that will include heaters, fire pits, movie projectors, and disco balls; although it can’t be used for at least the next month they are racing to finish it — they’re halfway done — and Casto warned he doesn’t expect indoor service before April and called the lack of meaningful industry-specific government support an “absolute disaster.”" - Brooke Jackson-Glidden