Lansing's Knight Cap is joining the growing multitude of Downtown restaurants and bars that have added outdoor seating to accommodate the area's active nightlife.
The well-known, upscale steak and seafood restaurant recently opened a patio that faces Michigan Avenue. The barsits between Washington Square, the Lansing Lugnuts' Oldsmobile Park and the Grand River riverfront.
“We decided to put it up because of all the summer activities,” says Knight Cap owner, Charlie Sinadinos. “People enjoy dining outside. Our place is kind of dark and cozy, but we wanted to encourage people to have lunch at the Knight Cap and to be able to sit and relax in the evening now that they’ve opened up our beautiful Michigan Avenue.”
Creating a patio space also expands the restaurant seating area by about a third, Sinadinos says. The full service patio seats 16 to 25 people and the restaurant is constantly in need of more seating.
“Things are going on,” Sinadinos says. “The popular thing is to be outside.”
Sinadinos says she plans to keep the patio open as long as the weather stays nice. This is the first time the Knight Cap’s offered patio seating. Sinadinos says if it goes well, she’ll continue patio service next season.
Source: Charlie Sinadinos, Knight Cap
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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