[Photo by Paul Gale]
On Monday, Mayor de Blasio announced that restaurants, bars and cafes will only be allowed to serve only takeout and delivery. A good number of East Villages restaurants are continuing to operate (find our list here) ... while some bars have gotten creative.
Other bars and restaurants decided to close up for the duration. Here's a look several East Village businesses now on hiatus during the coronavirus outbreak...
[Photo by Vinny & O]
[Photo by Steven]
[Photo by Pinch]
Why board up / cover the windows? Concerned about break ins?
ReplyDeleteNoticed the boarding up in midtown as well.
DeleteThis current situation gives us proof that our neighborhood can be more than just a bunch of restaurants, bars and clubs. Landlords will feel the pain more than ever as several of these places will never re-open. That means more empty storefronts. Those fronts already empty for years will continue to be empty much longer now. Perhaps landlords will finally come to understand that it is their greed for enormously high commercial rents are nothing but pipe dreams that cause them to lose money year after year after year.
ReplyDeleteMany commercial landlords are big companies and corporations which are better off by using empty stores as a tax write off.
Deletelord papaya dog too?
ReplyDeleteI think that and the bar owners want to make it plain they are CLOSED. This is a disaster.
ReplyDeleteit would take 30 seconds to smash the windows, grab some booze and be gone. Unless they clear out the street people now we're going to start seeing some bad shit.
i agree. Many of these places will never open up again. The paper on the doors is a sign of no more and goodbye. Fuck. This is all too sad to bear right now. :(
ReplyDeleteMaybe covering the windows is a suggestion from their insurers? Certainly business insurance companies are sending out information on prepping under these conditions..
ReplyDeleteThe good news is that we are past peak rents. The market is now going to force rents down to earth.
ReplyDeleteSad to see, havent been able to walk around and experience the visual devastation. Grateful for the blooming buds in Tompkins square park.
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