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Local restaurants are considering service options as an unusual Thanksgiving holiday weekend approaches.

For some, the season offers an opportunity for additional revenue amid the pandemic, while others have opted to close as coronavirus cases surge.

Smokin鈥� Rock and Roll Food Truck and Catering had decent traffic throughout the summer months despite the pandemic, said co-owner Billy Morris, but that has slowed as the weather has grown colder.

鈥淲e鈥檙e basically shutting down, but we鈥檙e doing one big holiday feature for Thanksgiving,鈥� Morris said.

The Bay Village-based business is offering a full, heat-and-eat meal for pickup, Morris said, which includes a turkey and traditional holiday sides. The special is bringing additional traffic, Morris said, and he plans to offer something similar for Christmas.

鈥淭his time of year, November, trucks get winterized and they get put away,鈥� Morris said. 鈥淏ecause we鈥檙e doing this Thanksgiving special, we鈥檙e really busy right now.鈥�

Le Petit Triangle Caf茅 in Ohio City is still allowing customers to dine in, either on the patio or at socially-distanced tables inside. The restaurant normally needs all hands on deck on Black Friday and through the post-Thanksgiving weekend, said co-owner Joy Harlor, but it鈥檚 hard to tell what this year will look like.

鈥淵ou usually get through a really slow fall to make it to this time and kind of make it work,鈥� Harlor said. 鈥淲ell, we鈥檝e gotten through the fall, but I don鈥檛 know what we鈥檙e going to expect now.鈥�

November has been decent for the caf茅, Harlor said, but she鈥檚 worried about a December slowdown. The caf茅 could shift to offer more fixed-price meals after the Thanksgiving weekend to be more carryout-friendly, she said.

鈥淚 just think, considering the numbers in the pandemic, people just aren鈥檛 going to be coming out, you know?鈥� Harlor said.

The restaurant also will have holiday specials around Christmas, she said, but the decision-making process is stressful, Harlor said.

鈥淚 feel like all the burden is on the restaurant owners to try to come up with what to do, as opposed to the government taking the upper hand on it,鈥� Harlor said.

Some restaurants have opted to close down altogether ahead of the holidays. Market Garden brewery鈥檚 restaurant, along with others on West 25th Street co-owned by Sam McNulty, are closing down until Cleveland and Cuyahoga County lift stay-at-home advisories.

Closing down shortly before Thanksgiving is another huge blow to business after an already rough year, McNulty said.

鈥淭his week, all the way through the new year is definitely the prime time in the hospitality industry,鈥� McNulty said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 especially painful to have to be closed, you know, for so many of us this is an exciting time of the year 鈥� family gets together, friends get together, folks from out of town return home.鈥�

Market Garden鈥檚 beer sales are still going strong and the restaurants originally planned on keeping outside dining going all winter long, McNulty said. He expects many bars and restaurants won鈥檛 survive the pandemic and the full effects on the industry won鈥檛 be understood for another year, he said.

鈥淩ight now there is no bottom line for a lot of us in this industry. It鈥檚 survival mode,鈥� McNulty said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e definitely going to see a very different landscape out there in the restaurant world when the dust settles and the pandemic鈥檚 behind us.鈥�