There\u2019s another new push to make outdoor street dining year-round. <\/p>\n
The season is scheduled to end on Saturday, Nov. 29, but restaurant owners and advocates are concerned that it could impact small businesses. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just such a hassle to have to take [the roadway dining setup] away and store it and then bring it back every spring,\u201d said Georgia Read, co-owner of Hamilton\u2019s restaurant in Windsor Terrace. <\/p>\n
Read said that with the seasonal roadside structures set to disappear this weekend, it could hurt her bottom line. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s at least $1,000 a month just on the storage, let alone having someone come and put it away and take it back,\u201d said Read. <\/p>\n
Those concerns came as city leaders met on Monday to discuss \u201cDining Out NYC,\u201d the permanent outdoor dining program. <\/p>\n
It is the first full year under new, post-pandemic regulations, but some people say the rules and application process are confusing. <\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of New Yorkers safely enjoying a bite to eat outside, we will have thousands of parked cars or SUVs, trucks lining our streets,\u201d said Council Member Lincoln Restler, who represents the 33rd District. <\/p>\n
Advocates are looking to reconsider and expand the citywide program, which includes allowing grocery stores to run sidewalk cafes and removing seasonal limits for street cafes. <\/p>\n
While City Council did not vote on it Monday, some said the hearing was an important step. <\/p>\n
\u201cWho knows how many restaurants will manage to come back in April after the costly disassembly and storage fees this season,\u201d said Restler. <\/p>\n
Read admitted that outdoor street dining is not in great demand at Hamilton\u2019s restaurant during the winter months, but she knows smaller businesses could use the help. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf they could have another 20-30 seats outside in the winter that\u2019s comfortable, then yeah, I think that would be huge,\u201d said Read. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s another new push to make outdoor street dining year-round. The season is scheduled to end on Saturday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[301,9,56,63,65,64,28588,2990,4799,24269],"class_list":{"0":"post-51430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-city-council","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-ny","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-nyc-headlines","13":"tag-nyc-news","14":"tag-outdoor-dining","15":"tag-small-business","16":"tag-small-businesses","17":"tag-windsor-terrace"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}