- June 14, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
With Cal Poly’s commencement ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday, thousands of friends and families of graduates have made their way to the Central Coast to celebrate. Those friends and families are giving a boost to San Luis Obispo’s local businesses.
“It’s much bigger than any other weekend, because people are celebrating. People are getting together,” chef and owner of Mama’s Meatballs, Nicola Allegretta, said.
Local restaurants say they’ve been packed with customers all weekend.
At Hotel SLO, they started to book out for Cal Poly’s graduation last year.
“People are booking a year out for graduation weekend with Cal Poly,” said Hotel SLO manager David Smith. “Probably by the end of August we’ll have this weekend next year booked out.”
Local businesses prepared weeks in advance by ordering more inventory and taking reservations.
“I made sure everything was stocked and that we have everything on the menu. I also hired on an extra…
