{"id":21035,"date":"2020-07-04T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/smashed-outdoor-diners-steal-wine-glasses-hoard-tables-as-nyc-reopens\/"},"modified":"2020-07-04T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T19:22:00","slug":"smashed-outdoor-diners-steal-wine-glasses-hoard-tables-as-nyc-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/smashed-outdoor-diners-steal-wine-glasses-hoard-tables-as-nyc-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Smashed\u2019 outdoor diners steal wine glasses, hoard tables as NYC reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#\u2018Smashed\u2019 outdoor diners steal wine glasses, hoard tables as NYC reopens<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n New Yorkers have forgotten their table manners.<\/p>\n

When the city\u2019s Phase 2 re-opening brought outdoor dining to the Big App<\/a>le on June 22, more than 3,000 restaurants were approved for al-fresco dining service and responded in creative ways. They\u2019ve built decks, created outdoor gardens and tweaked their menus.<\/p>\n

But they\u2019ve also had to deal with rowdy or disobedient patrons who have been service-starved since March.<\/p>\n

At Petaluma on the Upper East Side, director of operations Victor Jung said enforcing social<\/a> distancing rules have become \u201cchallenging\u201d for staff. Especially since the neighborhood\u2019s watering holes have attracted hoards of revelers drinking on the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a nice weekend, the Upper East Side has become like Mardi Gras, with people going from bar to bar,\u201d Jung told The Post. \u201cBy the time some of them sit down for meals, they are pretty smashed and they don\u2019t social distance.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked by staff to don their masks and not get too close to other patrons, he said, these drunk diners become irritated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen people throw their mask on the ground. But mostly, they take it out by not tipping us. I\u2019ve heard this from other restaurants on the block as well,\u201d said Jung, who added that most of his patrons are cooperative regulars.\u201d<\/p>\n

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People sit outside The Smith on the Upper East Side as New York City moves into Phase 2 of re-opening.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The chef at a popular downtown restaurant, who asked not to be named, said donning a mask has become a polarizing issue among some customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople aren\u2019t necessarily listening with the whole mask thing, to be honest. When you tell them to put the mask on as they go inside to the bathroom, they get offended,\u201d the chef explained. \u201cMany of our customers are good but some get testy, saying they don\u2019t think the government should be making those decisions for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dining on sidewalks and streets has also led to petty thievery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve noticed some wine glasses missing. Some people \u2026 pay their bills and they just walk off with the glasses,\u201d said the downtown chef, adding that he has heard similar tales from workers at other restaurants.<\/p>\n

And after being cooped up for so long, some New Yorkers are loathe to give up their tables once they\u2019ve claimed them \u2014 creating even more headaches for restaurants that now have fewer seats and even less opportunity to make much-needed profits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere should be guidelines,\u201d the downtown chef said. \u201cSome people don\u2019t understand that flipping tables makes us money. That\u2019s the predicament restaurants are in right now. We have limited seats, so we want to flip the tables, but we don\u2019t want to rush the diners. Some people don\u2019t understand the etiquette that you should sit at a table for about 90 minutes. Others think because they are spending money, they entitled to do whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over at Ten Hope in Williamsburg, owner Bill Zafiros would like to turn over his stables faster but, \u201cWe know [diners] are going to stay longer because there is no other place to go for the night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jung agreed, saying he understands and appreciates customers\u2019 need to stay out of the house for a while: \u201cPeople have cabin fever after all of these months.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ten Hope restaurant in Williamsburg.<\/span>Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile Anthony, a waiter at a casual Brooklyn restaurant who asked not to use his last name, called the return to dining a \u201creally stressful experience\u201d because of a lack of training and protocol for how to safely clear diners\u2019 used plates, cutlery and glassware, beyond wearing gloves.<\/p>\n

He also said that, despite of everything, some New Yorkers are proving as demanding as ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people that come in and expect everything to be like it was pre-pandemic. Like if a menu item or price changes, it\u2019s, \u2018Oh my god, you don\u2019t have steak frites anymore?!\u2019 As a server, I don\u2019t have control over this.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the bright side, Zaifros said of his customers: \u201cThey are tipping really well. We have been lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Suzy Weiss<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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