At the risk of getting way too sentimental about something like restaurants, I’ll say this… be kind to the venues that host your day-to-day routines. You often don’t realize how baked in to the rhythms of your life they are until seasons change and they become strings of nostalgia.
And go ahead and support a locally owned family restaurant. Those things aren’t easy to own, and when you see someone put love into what they’re doing, don’t take that for granted. Remember, they also need revenue to keep it going.