Businesses in the Midtown Reno area, already hit hard by ongoing road construction, are now dealing with new rules in order to keep the doors open. Beefy's, a local burger joint, has had a loyal following for years.

"I come here every day before noon," said regular customer Connie Hammill. "Any by noon they have my hamburger ready to go, and my fries."

The dining room door at Beefy's is closed, but a new takeout window in the front of the shop is now open six days a week.

"It's a throwback," said Owner Roy Brennan. "It's like an old East Coast ice cream stand; you stick your head in and yell and everyone likes it so far, there's been very positive feedback."

It's a way to still serve customers, keep employees working, and support other local businesses.

"I'm trying to support our local businesses the best we can," Brennan said. "We've bought local beer from some of the breweries, have shopped at the hardware stores, the grocery stores, and of course Ponderosa Meat is still delivering for us. So we're very happy we're going to survive. We're going to get through this thing and we're going to be Reno strong."

And there's some good news regarding that road construction on South Virginia Street as well.

"SNC and the RTC came to most of the Midtown owners the other day and asked during this mandated shutdown if they could accelerate road project and shorten it by about five weeks," Brennan said. "Everyone has agreed upon it and hopefully, once this all ends the road will be done and we'll be in real good shape."

In the meantime, they'll continue to rely on the regulars that have supported the place for almost six years now.

"As long as I'm still alive, I'll be here," Hammill said. "People say oh, it's just a hamburger. Yeah, but what they do to it is amazing and it's just so delicious."

There's been a few days where customers have been waiting for the new window to open here.

"We're very fortunate with that," Brennan said. "We've built up a good business and we try to have a great product for them to enjoy. I do feel confident if we can make it through this mess and disaster, I think once it's all done and it's pretty down here, that we're going to thrive and prosper."

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