diff --git a/api/src/repositories/item.repository.js b/api/src/repositories/item.repository.js
index ac9455006..006618a2b 100644
--- a/api/src/repositories/item.repository.js
+++ b/api/src/repositories/item.repository.js
@@ -4109,7 +4109,21 @@ class ItemRepository extends BaseModel {
         licenseId: branchDoc.license,
       });
       const values = (read && read.status && read.data && read.data.values) || {};
-      return values.table_options === 'enable' ? 'restaurant' : 'retail';
+      /*
+       * Stored as the STRING 'true' by the Features page, as a boolean by
+       * older saves, and as 'enable' only in the console's own cache. The
+       * first cut of this read 'enable' and made every shop a shop.
+       */
+      const raw = values.table_options;
+      const on =
+        raw === true ||
+        raw === 1 ||
+        ['true', 'enable', 'enabled', '1', 'on', 'yes'].includes(
+          String(raw == null ? '' : raw)
+            .trim()
+            .toLowerCase()
+        );
+      return on ? 'restaurant' : 'retail';
     } catch (e) {
       console.warn('[storefront] could not read the shop kind:', e.message);
       return 'retail';
diff --git a/api/tests/unit/repositories/item.repository.test.js b/api/tests/unit/repositories/item.repository.test.js
index d7accc169..aca0b460e 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit/repositories/item.repository.test.js
+++ b/api/tests/unit/repositories/item.repository.test.js
@@ -1522,15 +1522,22 @@ describe('ItemRepository', () => {
     };
 
     test('the Restaurant module makes it a restaurant, with a note for the kitchen', async () => {
-      const data = await storefrontFor({ store_id: 'AZ100' }, 'enable');
-      expect(data.store.kind).toBe('restaurant');
-      expect(data.features.notes).toBe(true);
+      /* The Features page saves the switch as the STRING 'true'; older saves
+         hold a boolean; the console's own cache says 'enable'. The first cut
+         read only the cache's word and made every shop a shop. */
+      for (const stored of ['true', true, 'enable', 1]) {
+        const data = await storefrontFor({ store_id: 'AZ100' }, stored);
+        expect(data.store.kind).toBe('restaurant');
+        expect(data.features.notes).toBe(true);
+      }
     });
 
     test('without it the page is told this is a shop', async () => {
-      const data = await storefrontFor({ store_id: 'AZ100' }, 'disable');
-      expect(data.store.kind).toBe('retail');
-      expect(data.features.notes).toBe(false);
+      for (const stored of ['false', false, 'disable', undefined, '']) {
+        const data = await storefrontFor({ store_id: 'AZ100' }, stored);
+        expect(data.store.kind).toBe('retail');
+        expect(data.features.notes).toBe(false);
+      }
     });
 
     test('a shop with no gateway takes payment at the counter', async () => {