Photos by Steven
Yesterday, workers removed the outdoor structures at the 169-year-old NYC institution, 15 E. Seventh St. between Second Avenue and Cooper Square.
"They served their purpose. Now, back to normal and to bringing all the energy back inside the Old Ale House where it belongs and existed peacefully for ages," Gregory de la Haba, the co-owner and operator of McSorley's, told us via an Instagram message. "We're grateful to all our neighbors who tolerated the outdoor seating during COVID's mandates and restrictions."
The saloon had two equal-sized structures where patrons could sit and drink mugs of light and dark ale or order a burger and fries or the cheese and raw onion plate.
Bravo, thank you for being a considerate member of the community. Now that the example is set, I am hopeful all others will follow. Naive rube that I am…..
ReplyDeleteGood for them. This is exactly the attitude we need more of these days, a recognition that we all sacrificed in various ways during the pandemic, an expression of thanks for it, and now an effort to get things back to a workable arrangement.
ReplyDeleteThat's just lovely
ReplyDeleteFantastic. McSorley's leads the way to a more beautiful and better neighborhood with the removal of these unsightly and politically motivated eyesores.
ReplyDeleteA big win for the community. Great job McSorley's. Now for the bar across the street from me...
ReplyDeleteSlowly but surely, those once-needed, but now utterly awful structures, are disappearing. It can't happen fast enough.
ReplyDeleteOh McSorley's - would that the rest of the restaurants in the neighborhood were so kind and responsible as thee.
ReplyDeleteI get the above comments. Most of the structures were/are unsightly, but as an older person with immune system issues, I really appreciate the option to imbibe or eat outside. I got covid at Christmas for the first time and am just now at the point where I can walk a few blocks without gasping for air. And we are not "over" the pandemic. Per the most recent statistics in the NYTimes 1,152 people get covid per day, and 45 people die of it every day. That is reality. I appreciate the well constructed shacks and hope some of them are still available.
ReplyDeleteWe're with you.
DeleteI am with you on this. I have some chronic health problems and it is ... Kind of devastating to me that people aren't going to be following basically any covid guidelines anymore. I try to ignore that, ultimately, the entire country doesn't care about us.
DeleteMe. De la Haba, would you advocate before the City Counsel for all of us who want to see all the sheds removed?
ReplyDeleteEven pre-pandemic there were always places you could have drink or eat outside, weather permitting. Doesn't mean we still need eyesores like the shacks that were at McSorley's, all tagged up.
ReplyDeleteB4 the tagging it was a beautiful outdoor seating extension with see-through gorgeous photos on the plexiglass of the establishment.
DeleteAgree with all of these comments, except for the one comment that is obviously politically motivated.
ReplyDeleteThank god another rat breeding ground is gone. Incredible that McSorleys can be considerate and get rid of their eye sore, while other restaurants continue their free lab grab, building their disgusting, unsafe shacks.
ReplyDeleteTo anyone who thinks eating in these disgusting electrical nightmares that the homeless, drunk, and animals use as urinals is somehow 'safe' go find a city to live in that still has them. Getting rid of them is one of the few things NY city is doing right.
Good. The city is soooo slow to get shit done.
ReplyDeleteThey’ll miss the space now that it’s warming out. And outdoor dining is a better use of space than parking.
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