Spring is when we come back to life. The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, we change out of sweatpants and put on real clothes — this year especially. We come out of hibernation. And for Bogart’s, that was quite literal. Why the owners of the Soulard BBQ joint decided to temporarily close for the last few months, what COVID-19 did and didn’t have to do with it, and what could have happened if they wouldn’t have locked the doors.

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