The Sidewalk Restaurant Hostess: New Trend On Smith Street's Restaurant Row?

Smith Street has gotten more and more difficult to navigate as a pedestrian, what with outdoor dining areas in the summertime, the A-frame blackboards announcing specials and those vestibule tents in the wintertime. All make walking along the already rather narrow Smith Street sidewalks difficult on a week-end and in the evening.

Now, there may be another obstacle to navigate around: the sidewalk restaurant hostess.

For the last week and a half, newly-opened Verde Restaurant at 216 Smith Street has planted a hostess, a lectern, complete with orchids in a vase, and planters with evergreens and a sign advertising its Happy Hour drinks in front of its restaurant in order to lure in costumers. (One wonders if that is even legal without a permit, but then anything seems to be possible on Smith Street.)

I wonder if other restaurants will follow suit. I am also wondering if this is a sign of the ever increasing competition amongst the eating establishment on Smith Street.

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