Diners at Tinker Street pre-pandemic.Photo by Terry Kirts
The real estate market might have been booming despite a pandemic, but for Tinker Street owner Tom Main, trying to sell a restaurant with no end to a global health crisis in sight was a losing proposition. “We had a few people come and kick the tires,” Main says, referring to his 80-seat upscale farm-to-table restaurant on 16th Street, which he put up for sale in November, “and one guy offered to buy the business if I stayed in. If that was the best scenario, I figured I’d better just keep the place.”