Indoor Dining in NYC. A Tale of 2 Scrooges — Page 3

I get the reasoning for shutting down indoor dining, but these restaurants need relief if they're ever to reopen. Have any restaurants kept their outdoor dining set-ups?

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Most in NJ have taken theirs down as Murphy requires them to have a permit now.

Want to venture into the city to see the tree and Bryant Park, etc., but if the dining options are limited I may not.

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I've been looking around. Very limited. Such a shame so many restaurants won't come back after this.

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You don't need to worry sweetie, you don't live here and have said a billion times that you will NEVER step into our city again.

Bye!

Ps: COVID is one word

This is nothing short of frustrating. Mitigating spread of course is important and #1, but yeah lets just make them close and not give the necessary help to be able to reopen...especially at this time of year when outdoors isn't any kind of real option. No one can say they didn't see this coming and no one thought to try do anything of any real consequence about it. It's just "make them close" and that's it. I will never forgive leaders on every level for not softening the landing back when this started. I only take comfort in that history will not look kindly on how the US responded to this hot, heinous mess.

For someone who doesn’t live here and won’t return, you sure are obsessed with us, Mr. Roxy. Get a life.

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Theater will be the last thing that comes back, deal.

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That list brought tears to my eyes. Each of those closed restaurants don’t just represent financial devastation for the owners, loss of income and benefits for the workers, and a loss for diners who considered these places one of their favorite spots, but also each represents the deep grief of owners over the loss of their hopes and dreams.

I know for me, when I travel to NYC I look forward to returning to my favorite dining spots while adding new ones into the rotation. As such, when in June I saw AquaGrill’s Facebook post that they had decided to permanently close, I sobbed loudly. In addition. to having my best seafood meals in NYC, they had become one of my favorite spots because they always made me feel like a special guest every time. That won’t happen anymore.

I don’t blame these jurisdictions for having to place restrictions on restaurants and stores to protect its citizens, but I do blame the federal government for not providing sufficient financial renumeration to these establishments to help them weather the storm.

Last month i found out Philip Marie, my favorite West Village brunch spot, has closed permanently.

Now, Joe Allen has died. I wonder if his eating establishments will close, too?

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/200373/joe-allen-owner-of-popular-theater-district-restaurants-dead-at-87/?fbclid=IwAR2bzA1AN7f6dThXIpyVBOAq-rdM-tr9pJlLPWmDvQOrBN-XaUDKZ68V1Pw

Starting this Friday, indoor dining is back in NYC, at 25% capacity. I love Cuomo but when he said "I am opening indoor dining so restaurants can have a GREAT Valentine's Day!". It's like, guy, serving 4 or 5 tables at once is not exactly a huge money maker!