Local café offers outdoor seating

Local café offers outdoor seating

June 2nd.

Local businesses are getting creative to serve customers.

A caé in west union, illinois is doing just that.

The business recently announced on facebook plans to offer outdoor seating on picnic tables.

The community stepped up to support the effort.

News 10's tilly marlatt brings us more.

Kenny munson and larry man are back at one of their favorite local hangouts.

The west union caé.

The caé currently can't allow customers to dine in.

Munson and man were enjoying their meal outside on a picnic table.

"it's the first cup of coffee i've had in months."

Both men have been supporting the business through carryout in recent weeks.

Owner kaycee adams says the idea for the outdoor seating started with customers tailgating in the parking lot.

"you know at this point you got to do what you can to survive."

Adams recently posted on the caé's facebook page about her plans for the picnic tables.

Someone dropped off a table thursday morning.

Community members made donations to help buy additional tables.

"it's humbling cause i'm usually the giver not the receiver so it's hard."

Adams says the caé will be following sanitation guidelines and social distancing with the tables.

"i plan on filling my back parking lots.

It's a pretty big back parking lot.

There's a table over here in the corner that's a wooden one.

I'd like people to sign it.

I'd like people to write on it-kind of like a memory.

Like a keepsake.

I think it'd be neat."

Munson and man are looking forward to the day they can return to dining inside.

For now, the picnic tables will do.

"this is uptown here.

This is very good.

You can come down here and hang out anytime you want."

Reporting in west union, illinois, tilly marlatt, news 10.

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