It’s Patio Time – Shelter and Shade your Patio with a Marygrove Awning

April 27, 2012 - PRLog -- Spring is finally here and summer continues to peek around the corner. People in Michigan have spent the last 6 months locked indoors because of the cold. Now it’s time to get out and enjoy the weather. It’s patio time!
A recent article in the Detroit Free Press discussed the necessity of outdoor patio seating for restaurants to increase revenue and stand a chance at competing with surrounding businesses. Sylvia Rector of the Detroit Free Press writes, “Outdoor seating has become almost essential for Owners who want to keep seats and cash registers filled.”
One of Michigan’s own, Marygrove Awnings, http://www.marygrove.com/commercial/OutdoorSeating.aspx  has built and installed awnings, solar screens and patio furniture for some of Metro Detroit’s most exciting and classy dining locations. In an interview with Dan Linnen, co-owner of Andiamo Italian Bistro, Dan mentions the multi-season use and convenience that outdoor patios with weather protective screens serve. A patio with retractable shades can be opened up to invite the summer breeze or closed to shelter diners from snow and cold. Marygrove Awnings provides a year-round outdoor dining season, so guests can enjoy the view while remaining warm and cozy by the outdoor fireplace.
Outdoor dining is an essential part of restaurant success. Awnings and patio seating not only generate additional revenue, but create excitement and liveliness in restaurants and bars. Downtown areas like Birmingham, Ferndale and Royal Oak encourage patio seating to liven up the streets and make the atmosphere feel more inviting. If diners see that there is fun to be had, people to meet, and beautiful weather to enjoy, they won’t be able to resists making your city, your diner, your patio their next weekend adventure.