{"id":1844,"date":"2011-10-17T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T17:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcity.wordpress.com\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2013-08-09T00:37:16","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T05:37:16","slug":"a-hot-idea-for-increasing-restaurant-traffic-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/a-hot-idea-for-increasing-restaurant-traffic-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hot Idea for Increasing Restaurant Traffic this Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Outdoor Patio Heaters\" alt=\"Commercial Patio Heater\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcity.com\/Images\/WTL\/02109-large.jpg?resize=268%2C382\" width=\"268\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Restaurant owners and managers would agree that the struggling economy\u00a0isn&#8217;t helping to increase business in their establishments.\u00a0\u00a0Now that colder weather is on the way, restaurants and cafes that rely at least partially on patios and other outdoor spaces for serving hungry\u00a0customers may see an even more dramatic decrease in business.<\/p>\n<p>Preventing this double whammy to the bottom lines of restaurants all over the country can be as simple as ensuring that outdoor dining spaces remain comfortable for patrons, even when temperatures plummet.\u00a0 Setting up <a title=\"Outdoor Patio Heaters for Commercial Business\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Heaters\/Commercial-Patio-Heaters.htm\">commercial patio heaters<\/a> throughout patio dining areas is\u00a0one easy solution for providing comfortable warmth on frigid days.\u00a0 By taking this step, restaurant owners and managers can increase the likelihood that patrons who might normally stay home to dine on cold days will decide instead to enjoy their dinner al fresco\u00a0thanks to\u00a0the warm glow of a commercial patio heater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restaurant owners and managers would agree that the struggling economy\u00a0isn&#8217;t helping to increase business in their establishments.\u00a0\u00a0Now that colder weather is on the way, restaurants and cafes that rely at least partially on patios and other outdoor spaces for serving hungry\u00a0customers may see an even more dramatic decrease in business. Preventing this double whammy to the bottom lines of restaurants all over the country can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/a-hot-idea-for-increasing-restaurant-traffic-this-season\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Hot Idea for Increasing Restaurant Traffic this Season<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[99,337,361],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertaining","category-outdoor-living-spaces-2","tag-commercial-patio-heaters","tag-outdoor-patio-heaters","tag-patio-heaters"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Nnyf-tK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2820,"url":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/outdoor-patio-heaters-a-great-commercial-asset\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844,"position":0},"title":"Outdoor Patio Heaters: A Great Commercial Asset","author":"BYC Temp Admin","date":"February 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Patio Heaters Provide Heat to Outdoor Restaurants and Bars As of November 2009, 35 states in the U.S. have enacted statewide bans on smoking in most, if not all, enclosed public places, including restaurants and, in many cases, bars. 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