It’s Your Business | St. Joseph pub adding outdoor space | Entrepreneurs

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Roche Cain knows his customers enjoy sitting outdoors, so he’s in the process of accommodating that with more outdoor seating.

Owner of Roch’s Place at 101 N. Main St., St. Joseph, Cain said he’s gotten permission from the village to cover the sidewalk along one side of his corner building and will also be using two parking spaces to boost outdoor seating to about a dozen tables, each of which can seat six.

The cover over the sidewalk will be a permanent structure, and a fence going up to expand the seating area will be temporary, Cain said.

The outdoor seating area was under construction this past week, and Cain said he hoped to have it ready for today.

He is also in the process of adding live music for Sunday afternoons, he said.

Business is good, he said, but he could use more…

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