Hush Lounge set to close after Five Points South mass shooting [Video]

JOHN? YEAH, GUY WE PULLED ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS IN THE FIVE POINTS SOUTH DISTRICT, ONE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOTING, THEIR SALES ACTUALLY DROPPED ABOUT 80%. ANOTHER SAID THAT THEIR NIGHTLY NUMBERS WENT FROM ABOUT $1,000 DOWN TO 300. BUT SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE STARTED TO PICK UP. THE SHOCKWAVES CREATED BY THE SEPTEMBER 21ST MASS SHOOTING WERE UNDENIABLE. FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 17 OTHERS HURT. THAT WAS EXACTLY TWO MONTHS AGO. 62 DAYS LATER, FIVE POINTS BUSINESS OWNER ACE GRAHAM HAS NOTICED A SHIFT. I THINK IT’S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE FROM WHAT IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO. I THINK NOW SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. THE SEASON HAS CHANGED. WHILE MOST RESTAURANTS WE POLLED SAW A DROP IN DINERS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY, THEY ARE NOW SEEING SALES TREND UP. GRAHAM BELIEVES THE UPCOMING SEASON OF SPENDING WILL HELP THE HOLIDAY SEASON ENJOYING …