She suggests the restaurant's clientele as a reason for the drop in business. Sandrine's often caters to corporations taking clients out to lunch or dinner.
"In a restaurant such as this, where most of our return business is from corporations or people that represent financial institutions, there's definitely been a drop," she says.
The difference is most perceptible in subtle things, she says, like the attitude customers take during tipping.
"People are always going to want to eat, but I've seen a lot more people complaining about tips," Riehl says.
But Sandrine's seems to be the exception.
Just next door at the Pudding, Diebel says the restaurant is in the midst of its most successful season.
She says people, accustomed to the luxuries that accompany economic prosperity, are simply not willing to sacrifice eating out.
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