Westport Cafe and Bar reported that its sales were up 30 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2013. Kelly’s Westport Inn, which opened in 1947, went from “horrible” sales for the two years following the Power & Light District’s opening to record years in 2012 and 2013, according to the owners. This year is setting up to be another good one.
“We’ve had our highs and lows — mobs and mobs and mobs of people that would gather on the weekend; crime was really bad,” Garrelts of Bluestem said. “But that has completely changed. It’s not just a bar neighborhood anymore. You are seeing BMWs, Mercedes and Johnson County people coming down.”
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