Before the pandemic arrived last March, Societe Brewing Company bought several big screen TVs for sports viewing. The Super Bowl this weekend would seem an opportune time to finally break them out, but owner Doug Constantiner decided he’s keeping them in storage for now.
“I definitely don’t want a huge gathering,” he said. “We will be open up until halftime this Sunday, and I’ll be watching the game at home with my wife and little daughter.”
That won’t be the case at Chris Shaw’s popular restaurants and bars in Hillcrest where he’s expecting lines out the doors this Sunday afternoon — just as there were last Sunday. With a dozen outdoor TV screens at Urban Mo’s alone, there will be ample vantage points for watching Tom Brady try to score his seventh Super Bowl win. But with social distancing limitations, there’s far less outdoor space to accommodate customers, be they football fans or the normally robust Sunday crowd.