ST. LOUIS — Patrick Stanley has high hopes for this summer.
The pandemic is receding. Business is returning to his Washington Avenue cigar lounge. And next month he’s set to open three new businesses across the street.
There are just a few problems: The speeding cars, late-night noise and general mayhem that plagued downtown last summer are also back, and Stanley worries they’re going to scare off suburbanites and hamstring the recovery.
