Extra Pesos in my Pocket (while at the Beach)

La Cantinita is no more.

There are no rental chairs/umbrellas on Playa la Ropa at this time. The restaurants are limited as to the number of tables with umbrellas that they can have.

I wasn't referring to rental chairs/umbrellas...La Perla being the only place we've patronized that does charge a rental, (and for which we have never paid, out of principle).
We are beach-people....specifically La Ropa. Our usual haunt is Paty's, 5 or 6 days/week. We also regularly spend the day at Playa Larga, but seldom more than once a week, since it's more expensive to get to and back. Again, if we thought that Paty's is not "business as usual", we definitely won't be coming. As we approach "decision crunch time" in a month or two, I'll again be asking for an update on Paty's et al.