Tuesday, February 2, 2021

A post-blizzard look at curbside dining structures

We spotted a few restaurant employees shoveling out their curbside dining structures today following the nearly 18 inches of snowfall in the past 36 hours...

This was the second major snow test for restaurants, forced to come up with alternate ways to serve patrons after the state shuttered indoor dining in March 2020. 

The city banned curbside dining last night during the winter storm. (Plus, many restaurants aren't open on Mondays.) Most of the streeteateries looked to have weathered the blizzard.

Several of the less-sturdy-looking structures were damaged, such as outside Sushi Dojo on First Avenue between Sixth Street and Seventh Street (h/t to our friends at the DeColores Community Yard!) ... this space was not in use right now, as the restaurant is just offering delivery and takeout...
Thai Hub's tent space, still in use at times, on Avenue A between Sixth Street and Seventh Street was also KO'd ...
And Ramen Setagaya on St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue didn't have much of a space anymore... this is a photo of it from Saturday...
And now...
Indoor dining at 25 percent is set to return on Feb. 14. Back in September, Mayor de Blasio announced that the city’s outdoor dining program would be made permanent.

Updated 6 p.m.

The folks at the DeColores Community Yard also spotted damage to the curbside space at Ama Raw Bar on Avenue B near 12th Street...
And Eden points out the remains of the space at Jiang Diner on Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
Updated 2/3 

Not an outdoor structure... but EVG reader Joe points out that the awning of the currently closed Nowhere came down on 14th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
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5 comments:

  1. JAMESFebruary 2, 2021 at 3:01 PM

    And the hits just keep coming..Really feel for our restaurants..I think Cuomo should've reinstated the eat-in mandate earlier than Feb 14th.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2021 at 3:40 PM

    The build on the first structure with the collapsed roof makes me nervous. If that happened during a sudden wind or rain storm, someone could be seriously injured. They are lucky it happened when they didn't have any customers.

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2021 at 4:16 PM

      Is that Dojo's? You'd think with their prices they could afford a better structure...

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2021 at 5:17 PM

    and the snow on the roof that is supposed to be in the street is now piled up on the sidewalk - its nearly impossible for residents to get around - never mind those restaurants that aren't open and don't bother to clean since it doesn't bother them.

    It is also clever to dump all the salt to melt the snow at the same time clogging the drains with the snow piles.

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  4. hywel ddaFebruary 2, 2021 at 5:41 PM

    Kudos to Veselka. Their structure is completely intact and they have already cleared their entire sidewalk of snow, working through the night even.

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