SPOKANE, Wash. — With people having to spend more on necessities like food and record setting gas prices, they’re trying to save where they can. Many are saving the extra dime by eating out less, leaving local restaurants with empty tables during what should be their busiest hours.
Several local restaurants say they’ve seen fewer customers at their tables. Soulful Soups and Spirits on Madison Street has been mostly empty during lunch hour, typically their busier time.
Owner Aaron Addison says business has dropped dramatically over the past two months.
“We’re looking on the streets outside, it’s dead and there’s no cars. And it’s like, where is everybody at? For the past two months now, it’s been consistently dead, probably about down 50% from what we were doing just a couple months ago,” Addison said…