Some downtown Greensboro businesses saw a boom over the weekend as the city closed Elm Street to cars, and opened it up for pedestrians for outdoor dining and shopping.
Karmen Bulmer, general manager at Little Brother Brewing, said they would reach capacity occasionally before open streets started, but it happened more often this weekend.
"This weekend we reached capacity for maybe two or three hours straight to where people would try and enter but we would just let them know you have to come back at another time," she said.
After seeing how great the first weekend went, Bulmer said they're looking at participating in the outdoor seating portion of the event.
"It was great to see all the people in the restaurants outside eating. What brought it on for us was seeing people really adhere to the safety measures," she said.
Dan Weatherington owns Gate City Candy, and said Saturday was busier than Friday for him.
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