A thing this game really needs

@simsplayer818  @kaze_____90  I haven't played it in a while but I created a restaurant in Magnolia Promenade with an apartment on the second floor.  It also has a small yoga studio with a massage chair for a Wellness practice.  I locked the doors to the apartment for the household when it was open so customers couldn't go up there.  Then unlocked them when the store was closed so my sims could invite friends and family to come over.  No NPCs spawned on the lot when the restaurant was closed.  I did have to lock the doors to the restaurant and studio to keep visitors from wandering around in there.

I would have one sim working in the restaurant while the other would invite sims over and then offer yoga classes for them.  You just have to teach a class and then ask the invited sims to join.  After the class, I would have my sim tend the chair and at least one of the invited sims would ask for a treatment.

It works fairly well but there are issues to deal with when having sims live on a business lot.  The household has to own a separate home lot and if you have any sims going to work or school, they will spawn to the home lot.  They can easily be brought to the business lot but it's still kind of annoying.  Paying bills can be done by the phone or computer, so no big deal there.  For restaurants, sams can't sit at a table to have meals.  So, I added bar-top seating in the apartment for meals.

If anyone is interested in testing out a live-in business, I just updated my Magnolia Place lot to add a second bedroom.  I also added some tips for playing it in the comments.  In-game, you can search EA Account ID JonaO703 then look for Magnolia Place.  This is the link to the web version.
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/D653B1F25C584F119B3B4D263D44D9F9

If you'd rather just have a retail business, it should not be difficult to remove all the Dine Out stuff and add shelves / tables with items for sale.