Upon joining as a co-owner of Bird in Hand in 2017, Emma Snyder said she saw the then-new business “was a really terrific model of merging a bookstore with a truly social space.”

Two years later, Snyder has fresh plans to capitalize on its social-literary potential. She recently applied for a license to serve beer, wine and liquor, a move she says can help make Bird in Hand “a more active space in the evenings,” particularly with longer hours and more events.

She also has a handful alterations planned for the space, including adding more seating inside to address what she calls “a lovely problem of it being very popular and crowded” throughout the week.

And outside, she’s eyeing a beautification plan for the patio, including enclosures and creating “more of a green space and making it feel like more of an extension of the interior.” That would also include more dedicated seating and, during the hotter months, some overhead protection for customers from the sun.

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