{"id":176902,"date":"2021-02-12T19:14:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-restaurant-owners-welcome-the-return-of-indoor-dining\/"},"modified":"2021-02-12T19:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:14:20","slug":"nyc-restaurant-owners-welcome-the-return-of-indoor-dining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-restaurant-owners-welcome-the-return-of-indoor-dining\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC restaurant owners welcome the return of indoor dining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NYC restaurant owners welcome the return of indoor dining<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As indoor dining returned in the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le Friday, restaurateurs and diners alike got a taste for normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>Eight patrons were chowing down inside Bubby\u2019s shortly after the Tribeca eatery opened at 8 a.m. \u2014 and owner Ron Wilson was relishing the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had four phone calls as soon as I stepped in about indoor dining. People are excited,\u201d he told The Post Friday.<\/p>\n<p>As he scanned his corner brunch hotspot, he added, \u201cIt feels like a normal day here. I feel lucky to have a restaurant that\u2019s well-loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants in New York City got the go-ahead earlier this week to resume indoor dining at 25 percent capacity and a 10 p.m. curfew.<\/p>\n<p>The softening in COVID-19 restrictions, though not perfect, was still a welcome relief after Gov. Cuomo shuttered indoor dining in December, as infections surged in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife seems to be coming back,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cWhat\u2019s a good sign is that the numbers are coning down and hopefully this doesn\u2019t push it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staffers at Bubby\u2019s get tested regularly, Wilson said. The Hudson Street eatery was forced to close twice over the last few months due to employees contracting the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m really focused on is making sure my guys are safe \u2014 not just economics,\u201d Wilson added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Bubby's Tribeca Restaurant is opened for indoor dining on a limited scale.\" class=\"wp-image-17306833 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/bubbys-restaurant-covid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/bubbys-restaurant-covid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/bubbys-restaurant-covid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/bubbys-restaurant-covid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/bubbys-restaurant-covid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bubby\u2019s Tribeca Restaurant is opened for indoor dining on a limited scale.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some restaurant owners are behind a push to get the indoor dining capacity boosted to 50 percent, saying 25 percent just doesn\u2019t cut it. They also want the curfew extended until midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some wary eateries are refusing to welcome diners back inside altogether \u2014 fearing another \u201cdemoralizing\u201d shutdown.\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/12\/nyc-restaurant-owners-w-return-of-indoor-dining-amid-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#NYC restaurant owners welcome the return of indoor dining&#8221; As indoor dining returned in the Big Apple Friday, restaurateurs and diners alike got a taste for normalcy. Eight patrons were chowing down inside Bubby\u2019s shortly after the Tribeca eatery opened at 8 a.m. \u2014 and owner Ron Wilson was relishing the moment. \u201cI had four&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/bubbys-restaurant-covid-2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[92929,70430,70344,72095,22512],"class_list":["post-176902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2-12-21","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-coronavirus-in-ny","tag-dining","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}