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Business as usual for downtown restaurants

Credit: WTVQ Lexington, KY
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Business as usual for downtown restaurants
Business as usual for downtown restaurants
Business as usual for downtown restaurants

Reported fight at a bar involving protesters last night, along with nightly street closings and traffic interruptions...we wondered what impact, if any, the nightly demonstrations are having on downtown businesses.

L3: white business as usual for downtown restaurants lexington carson's owner mark fichtner says the blocked streets and peaceful protests haven't kept customers away.

He says some restaurants are closing earlier to keep protesters and drivers safe.

Overall, he says it has been a positive experience.

L3: white mark fichtner owner, carson's food & drink "the flow of the city is different than it used to be, but that's okay.

Everybody's working around it and doing the right thing.

We haven't been affected too much.

In fact, business is pretty good considering we're at 33 percent, so we're pretty blessed in that regard."

L3: white business as usual for downtown restaurants lexington fichtner says he supports the protests and plans to listen-in to tuesday's urban county council meeting where proposed changes to the police department are expected to be discussed.

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