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‘Disaster’: Outdoor Dining Snafu Could Ban Alfresco Booze For Months

It's shaping up to be a sober outdoor dining spring.

March 20, 2025

It’s Official: Mayoral Candidate Adrienne Adams Decimated Outdoor Dining

The city has authorized just 600 restaurants and bars to set up curbside when roadway outdoor dining resumes April 1.

March 18, 2025

Monday’s Headlines: Guerrilla Streetery Edition

New rules prohibit roadway outdoor dining during the winter, so one East Village cafe set-up "guerrilla" al fresco on Friday. Plus more news.

March 10, 2025

Community Boards, Lawmakers Flex Regained Powers to Stall Outdoor Dining

It's a long and winding road just to set up some tables and chairs.

March 6, 2025

Thursday’s Headlines: Outdoor Dining On Ice Edition

Hundreds of roadway outdoor dining applications are stuck in "bureaucratic limbo," according to a report. Plus more news.

February 13, 2025

Pizzeria Deploys School Bus to Serve Customers During Winter Curbside Dining Ban

So let's get this straight: You can eat a slice of pizza in a car ... as long as the car doesn't belong to the pizzeria?

December 11, 2024

Parking? Lots! Outdoor Dining Structures Are Coming Down Across the City

Another wave of New York City's beloved roadside dining structures is making way for parked cars after a key city deadline passed on Friday.

November 4, 2024

Wednesday’s Headlines: Whatever Happened to the Swagger Edition

"A gutless city government has undermined outdoor dining," the Times opines. Plus other news.

September 25, 2024

Thursday’s Headlines: Get Sheds Down Edition

At least Mayor Adams is consistent: he wants to kill construction sheds ... after killing dining sheds. Plus other news.

August 15, 2024

Wednesday’s Headlines: Outdoor Dining Down Edition

Mood Ring in Bushwick is the latest establishment to take down its outdoor dining set-up after new city rules went into effect earlier this month. Plus more news.

August 14, 2024