- June 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The lifting of COVID restrictions and an increase in visitors equals increased business for restaurants around the Black Hills region.
Restaurants nationwide have been seeing a boom, and Rapid City is no different. Owners and food service workers attribute it to the increase in tourism, as well as local patrons.
“It’s a day and night figure right now when we’re looking in comparison to last year vs this year,” said Que Pasa general manager, Myrie Oneil. “Business has been just booming. Business has been just phenomenal, like exceptional. We mean like a lot of influx of tourists coming through and the locals. And we can’t be more ecstatic about the business.”
“It’s been pretty busy,” said Rachelle Steinback, an assistant baker at Pistachio Pie Bakery. “The start of the summer we had graduation, and now we’re getting into wedding season. So, there’s lots of orders from all of that.
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