Brisk holiday shopping crowds on ‘Super Saturday’ despite pandemic surge [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
The oft-changing rules over restaurant dining during the COVID-19 pandemic now at the center of a state appeals court battle seemed to have little impact as businesses served throngs of San Diego shoppers on the last Saturday before Christmas.
On “Super Saturday,” typically the second-busiest shopping day of the year, hundreds of people lined India Street in Little Italy at midday, sipping coffees along the sidewalk, perusing the booths at the farmer’s market and drifting in and out of specialty shops for which the neighborhood is known.
The oft-changing rules over restaurant dining during the COVID-19 pandemic now at the center of a state appeals court battle seemed to have little impact as businesses served throngs of San Diego shoppers on the last Saturday before Christmas.
On “Super Saturday,” typically the second-busiest shopping day of the year, hundreds of people lined India Street in Little Italy at midday, sipping coffees along the sidewalk, perusing the booths at the farmer’s market and drifting in and out of specialty shops for which the neighborhood is known.
“We grabbed a few things,” said Chelsey Ward, who was visiting San Diego from Sun City, Ariz., with her friend Paulette Palladino. “I haven’t been to a farmer’s market in a long time, so it’s been nice to get out.”