“If you want to know if you’re in a recession, ask a small business owner,” Jewell said Saturday.

Jewell, president of the Greater Louisville Hotel Lodging Association, said that he’s seen customers who once came in daily cut back to twice a week. Other customers are bringing their coffee from home, and he said he knows it can be an expensive habit. He said that a customer who buys a latte every day could rack up a $900 a year habit.

After April 25, Jewell said he plans to publicize a sale of the business’s equipment and furnishings.