News-press.com - Call it what you like — sprucing up, renovating or expanding — summer is prime time for restaurant upgrades and makeovers.

The exodus of tourists and part-time residents foreshadows an influx of restaurant construction work. And contractors and retail leasing agents are seeing more activity this summer than usual.

For some restaurants, it’s slapping on paint over wall scuffs or re-upholstering booths that are peeling. For others, it’s a new outdoor dining patio, an overhaul of the dining room from floor to ceiling or much-needed kitchen improvements. Continue