Bryan Williams saw danger on the horizon back in February.
Williams and his wife, Janice Keller-Williams, own Keller Feed and Wine Co. in downtown Cottonwood Falls, where they serve Southern Italian and soul food half a block from the historic Chase County Courthouse.
“I could see it was going to be weird,” Williams said of the pandemic. “I’m a hippy dippy liberal, which shouldn’t mean anything, but I took a different position than some: safety first.”
They shut down the buffet, closed the dining room and switched to carry-out just a couple of weeks ahead of St. Patrick’s Day.