WHEN COVID-19 STRUCK in 2020 and health officials banned most indoor business activities, Doug Cookerly was among dozens of San Jose business owners who took advantage of the city’s emergency Al Fresco outdoor dining program to add outside seating.

“It was a savior,” Cookerly, who owns the bar Hop & Vine located on The Alameda, told San José Spotlight.

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