Westport business see slowdown in holiday crowds due to rain, cold temps
Westport
business owners say they saw a slowdown in the usual Memorial Day weekend crowds
due to the bad weather.
Brian Denke,
the cook of Joey’s by the Shore, says they expected this holiday weekend to
draw large crowds.
“We stacked up just in case
we got really busy so we didn’t run out of anything,” Denke says.
However,
many of this weekend's
festivities were halted because of cold temperatures and rain, leaving beaches
nearly empty and stores not as busy.
Denke says although they didn’t get the rush they expected, locals still had the opportunity to stop in and
grab a bite to eat ahead of tourists from out of town.
"A lot of people that
live around here usually come by, especially on rainy days,” Denke says. “They
see that we're slow, so they'll come and they'll get breakfast and come back
and eat lunch.”
As a few more rain showers
are expected before Monday, businesses owners say they are hoping for a break
in the clouds by the end of the holiday weekend.