Bibi Wine Bar was able to reopen in June with outdoor seating... then with limited indoor service at the end of September. Despite that little bit of normalcy, they launched a crowdfunding campaign to help them get through this. (They have reached nearly $4,700 of their $6,000 goal as of this morning.)
According to their fundraiser: "We plan on reopening ASAP, but certain things need to align to make that happen, and there is a good chance it won't be until the weather warms up enough to get outdoor dining going again (March?!?)."
In other hibernation news.... multiple readers shared photos from the southwest corner of 11th Street and Third Avenue, where high-end sports bar chain the Ainsworth went dark at the start of the year... the corner bar has been boarded up, as this photo by Steven shows...
