{"id":132457,"date":"2020-12-13T03:11:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T00:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-enjoys-last-supper-before-cuomo-weather-ruin-restaurant-dining\/"},"modified":"2020-12-13T03:11:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T00:11:01","slug":"nyc-enjoys-last-supper-before-cuomo-weather-ruin-restaurant-dining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-enjoys-last-supper-before-cuomo-weather-ruin-restaurant-dining\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC enjoys ‘last supper’ before Cuomo, weather ruin restaurant dining"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC enjoys ‘last supper’ before Cuomo, weather ruin restaurant dining<\/strong>”
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New Yorkers are enjoying their \u201cLast Suppers\u201d at bars and restaurants this warm weekend \u2014 a final hurrah before new state restrictions and colder weather sends everyone back home to eat.<\/p>\n

Gov. Cuomo\u2019s new ban on indoor dining goes into effect Monday; meanwhile, temperatures will dip below freezing next week, dampening the app<\/a>etite for outdoor dining.<\/p>\n

So the city\u2019s surviving restaurant and bar owners are bracing for yet more red ink \u2014 and foodies are jamming into the most popular restaurants before it\u2019s back to a steady diet of takeout and their own kitchen stove concoctions.<\/p>\n

Even with weather in the mid-50s Saturday, most diners still preferred to eat indoors for one last time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just enjoying our last few pints before everything shuts down,\u201d said Wolfgang Nugent, 34, as he watched soccer with pal John O\u2019Reilly, 26, at St. James\u2019 Gate on Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone wants to get the last couple of nights out with friends,\u201d agreed O\u2019Reilly, of Queens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the cold weather, not a lot of people are going to want to sit outside and drink,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think the whole thing is a load of bulls\u2013t,\u201d Nugent, of Manhattan, added of Cuomo\u2019s looming indoor dining ban.<\/p>\n

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The governor says restrictions on indoor dining must to be tightened due to the state\u2019s steadily rising COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.<\/p>\n

Still, the ban comes despite state contact tracing data, released Friday, showing restaurants and bars account for just 1.43 percent of recent known exposures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By contrast, private household gatherings are linked to 74 percent of infections, according to the data, which is based on 46,000 coronavirus cases across the state from September and November.<\/p>\n

Take-out, delivery and outdoor dining will still be permitted under Monday\u2019s ban.<\/p>\n

But given next week\u2019s temperatures \u2014 forecast to sink below freezing \u2014 that\u2019s very cold comfort for restaurant diners and employees, who expect outdoor dining numbers will plummet with the temperatures.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no wonder the line to get into Clinton Street Baking on the Lower East Side was two-hours long Saturday afternoon, and dozens of pastrami fans were waiting at a time outside the iconic Katz\u2019s Deli nearby on Houston Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the last time to get inside before Monday,\u201d noted Bob Birmele, 77, a retiree who drove down from his home in Midtown for his pastrami sandwich. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019re killing these businesses,\u201d he said of the upcoming ban. \u201cIt\u2019s not just the restaurant owners. They\u2019ve got waiters, waitresses, bus boys \u2014 they\u2019re just killing them. How are they gonna pay their rent?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s worse, the virus or shutting down New York City,\u201d he added. \u201cBig mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reservations were up by more than 50 percent over last weekend, said Phil Ynacay, 31, manager of Claw Daddy\u2019s in Boerum Hill \u2014 but he\u2019ll be pick-up and delivery only starting Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith indoor dining, we\u2019ve had a lot of our regular customers back from before the pandemic,\u201d he said. \u201cBut a lot of them are frustrated that they can\u2019t come back starting Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mott Haven Bar and Grill in the South Bronx has been serving food to essential workers, people with disabilities and the homeless \u2014 but the upcoming ban may spell doom for both his restaurant and its charity work, manager Yina Santiago told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, we have to let go half the staff,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for us to do \u2026 it\u2019s the holidays, things are tough. It\u2019s hard to be a boss right now.\u201d <\/p>\n

Jonathan Padilla, manager of Charlie\u2019s, also in the South Bronx, likewise has been working with charity food organizations, but said he\u2019s barely squeaking by after two months of indoor service at the state-mandated 25 percent capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have families \u2014 bills to pay,\u201d he noted. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a big hit for everybody. Hopefully, we\u2019ll be able to return to 25 percent capacity fairly soon.<\/p>\n

Chef Marcus Ware, 40, of The Milling Room on the Upper West Side said as soon as Cuomo\u2019s ban was announced on Friday, he saw an uptick in reservations.<\/p>\n

But after the weekend\u2019s bump in business, customers like Jordan Chang, 32, won\u2019t be sitting outdoors there or anywhere else, heaters or no.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s too cold to dine outdoors!\u201d she said Saturday, as she ate indoors despite temeratures in the mid-50s. \u201cThe heaters don\u2019t work that well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eric Kontogiannis, 49, owns Cilantro on the Upper West Side; he called the statewide indoor dining ban \u201ca joke,\u201d because it doesn\u2019t take into account the variation in COVID-19 stats across New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor them to just general<\/a>ize and blanket all of New York City I think is completely wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As more restaurants face hardship, the character of New York City\u2019s streets will only change for the worse, said Annick, 42, as she waited for a table at Alice\u2019s Tea Cup on West 73rd Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s acting like a dictator,\u201d she said of Cuomo. \u201cAnd he\u2019s watching everything fall apart and he\u2019s not doing anything for the economy. We\u2019ll all be missing our places. It\u2019s just gonna be big, monolithic places that stay open.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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