#Bemelmans Bar reopens over a year after COVID closure

#Bemelmans Bar reopens over a year after COVID closure

“#Bemelmans Bar reopens over a year after COVID closure” One of New York’s favorite rooms, Bemelmans Bar, is finally back. Having shut its doors on March 16, 2020, the 74-year-old, moodily lit and whimsically illustrated jazz lounge at the Carlyle hotel on East 76th Street celebrated its reopening Tuesday night. It was New York’s hottest…

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#In pandemic, worry about finding summer workers

#In pandemic, worry about finding summer workers

“#In pandemic, worry about finding summer workers” BOSTON — The owner of seafood restaurants on Cape Cod has eliminated lunch service and delayed the opening of some locations because his summertime influx of foreign workers hasn’t arrived yet. More than a thousand miles away, a Jamaican couple is fretting about whether the rest of their…

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#Barney the Swiss robot bartender ready to shake up cocktails

#Barney the Swiss robot bartender ready to shake up cocktails

“#Barney the Swiss robot bartender ready to shake up cocktails” ZURICH, April 21 – Barney is a bit different from your usual Swiss bartender. He is fully automated, mixes dozens of cocktails and even makes terrible jokes. Developer F & P Robotics says it is seeing rising interest in “The Barney Bar” and hopes it will be a hit among hotels, bars and shopping…

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#La Noxe speakeasy is hidden inside an NYC subway station

#La Noxe speakeasy is hidden inside an NYC subway station

“#La Noxe speakeasy is hidden inside an NYC subway station” To find NYC’s most exclusive new watering hole, you’ll need to head underground.  Cocktail lounge La Noxe is now open to the public — if the public can find it, let alone get past the 1,500-person waitlist. The 600-square-foot speakeasy is tucked behind a discreet…

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#Andrew Cuomo extends no-alcohol-without-food rule

#Andrew Cuomo extends no-alcohol-without-food rule

“#Andrew Cuomo extends no-alcohol-without-food rule” Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn’t letting a nursing-home scandal and multiple allegations of sexual misconduct stop him from showing New Yorkers what arbitrary, power-hungry “leadership” looks like: He’s extending his no-alcohol-without-food rule through May 6. His aides suggest it’s a bone to the restaurant industry that his lockdown orders have devastated….

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#Florida bar owner hosts illegal all-male strip show: cops

#Florida bar owner hosts illegal all-male strip show: cops

“#Florida bar owner hosts illegal all-male strip show: cops” An anti-masker Florida bar owner was busted for allegedly hosting an all-male strip show, according to a new report. Gary Kirby — who made headlines in the fall for banning mask-wearing at his West Melbourne pub during the pandemic — was accused of illegally operating the…

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