Exactly.
I stopped by my favorite sports bar/restaurant this afternoon and chatted with the owner. He admits his dinner business has been up a little bit, since the Delaware ban went into effect. But it doesn't make up for the loss in his bar business.
Having been in the industry you understand that there is a much larger profit margin in serving booze as opposed to serving food.
He is seeing a minimum of a $200 a day decrease in his bar business just at happy hour. An awful lot of meals have to be sold to make up the difference in profit margin loss with those kind of numbers.
I keep wondering when the "victims" in California are going to demand:
a drinking only section in bars due to the distasteful smell of alchohol;
or limitations on music volume to minimize hearing loss;
or state dress codes for those offended by provocative clothing;
or specific lightning requirements for the nightvision impaired;
or space requirements for pool tables to prevent cue jabs;
or designated slow-dancing floors for the terminally spastic;
or, or, or,.....................