Gov. Cuomo originally ended indoor dining in the city in December after two-plus months ahead of an expected holiday-related spike in COVID-19 positivity rates.
Now, with a decline in the positivity rate and with hospitalizations, Cuomo eased restrictions, including pushing back the curfew by one hour from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
A take on all this via Eater:
... Subject on Suffolk Street near Houston...
... Remedy Diner on East Houston...
... Bin 141 on Avenue A at Third Street...
... Takahachi on Avenue A...
... Upstate Craft Beer & Oyster Bar on First Avenue ...
... Panna II on First Avenue (which is also open in the former Milon space) ...
... Royal Bangladesh on First Avenue...
... Nón Lá Vietnamese Kitchen on Fourth Street...
... Popeyes on First Avenue ...
... Divya’s Kitchen on First Avenue ...
... Bibi Wine Bar on Fourth Street...
... 5C Cultural Center & Cafe on Avenue C at Fifth Street ...
... San Loco on Avenue C...
... and Lavagna on Fifth Street near Avenue B...
Not surprisingly, differing opinions abound on how to handle the latest return to indoor dining. Some owners are grateful for any loosening of operating restrictions and look forward to offering a handful of seats for customers, others are opting to take a wait-and-see approach before reopening their own establishments, and still others are planning not to reopen until COVID-19 vaccinations have been more widely distributed.
This past holiday weekend, EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by a handful of East Village establishments that were welcoming back diners inside ... starting with Il Posto Accanto on Second Street (above).
What follows are some snapshots of the first weekend of indoor dining in 2021 ...
... Book Club on Third Street...
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