I talked about how I believe parklets (taking over some parking spaces, but leaving the roadway open) are a better solution for saving restaurants than the wholesale street closures here. Now that some restaurants outside of the Burlingame Avenue Autonomous Zone (BAAZ) are jumping on the parklet idea, we can start to compare approaches. Chatting about it with a few locals, the idea seems to be popular since it is seven days a week and can be done nicely. Our Michelin-starred Rasa seems to have done the best local design so far.
But check out the effort by Moody's in Truckee! All of the restaurants along Commercial Row are using the raised platform approach, but Moody's has upped the game with amazing lighting, curtains, heaters and loudspeakers.
Using the ugly orange hydro-barriers on all three sides instead of just the on-coming traffic side seems like a B'game-only approach–San Mateo doesn't require it. B'game restaurants will hopefully make continuous improvements since these will likely be with us at least til the rains start.
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