
ALT In 2021, the average total revenue for these five areas was nearly $6 million from June 1 through Aug. 31, or 19 percent higher than the average of $5 million for the three years preceding the pandemic, according to the report. During the same time period in 2021, restaurants and bars on five commercial corridors near the Open Streets — which were not closed to traffic — struggled. The average total revenue on those streets was $3.6 million, a 29 percent drop from their $5.3 million prepandemic average. There were 101 restaurants and bars operating on the five Open Streets in the summer of 2021, up from an average of 92 such establishments before the pandemic, according to the report. On similar commercial corridors with car traffic, the number of restaurants and bars that summer decreased to 80 from an average of 103 before the pandemic.
















