{"id":390221,"date":"2022-01-06T00:56:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-bar-now-offering-free-covid-tests-at-the-door\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T00:56:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:56:35","slug":"nyc-bar-now-offering-free-covid-tests-at-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-bar-now-offering-free-covid-tests-at-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC bar now offering free COVID tests at the door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NYC bar now offering free COVID tests at the door<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Finally, a pandemic-worthy h<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>y hour special: A beer and a swab.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The West Village\u2019s Henrietta Hudson bar has found a way to make COVID-scared customers feel safe drinking indoors by requiring \u2014 and giving \u2014 free coronavirus tests at the door.<\/p>\n<p>The bar \u2014 one of New York City\u2019s three remaining lesbian bars \u2014 now requires patrons get two no-cost schnoz swabs before entering, one for a PCR test and the other a rapid antigen test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwning a business in New York, you can\u2019t just sit back and pass blame, you gotta figure s \u2013 \u2013 t out,\u201d Lisa Cannistraci told The Post of the pioneering initiative. She came up with it after the Omicron variant began sweeping the city last month and quickly moved to partner with the federally funded community outreach initiative <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ctestingservices.org\/\">City Testing Services<\/a>, which provides and processes Henrietta Hudson patrons\u2019 tests at no cost to the bar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t expect to see scrubs-clad nurses administering the swabs. Working the bar\u2019s new testing center is its own staff, seven of whom have now become certified nostril stirrers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I was gonna have to sell it, but there was no hesitation,\u201d said Cannistraci of asking her employees to start slinging assays. \u201cWe\u2019re basically a pop-up testing station with in-house swabbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City Testing Services did not return The Post\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=785\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"henrietta hudson covid test center\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1570 1570w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1178 1177w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=785 785w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393 392w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Cabanas outside the establishment, where patrons can drink and wait on rapid test results.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Courtesy Lisa Cannistraci<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-3-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=442\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"henrietta hudson covid test center\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-3-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=884 884w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-3-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=663 663w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-3-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=442 442w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-3-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=221 221w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-3-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Cabanas outside the establishment, where patrons can drink and wait on rapid test results.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Courtesy Lisa Cannistraci<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The walk-in clinic (which also offers the ability to pre-register online) has been operating outside the Hudson Street watering hole since Dec. 30 and is open to all, even those not looking to chase their test with a drink, Curbed reported. <\/p>\n<p>For those who are looking to get Q-tipsy, though, the experience pairs wonderfully with the Cough Drop, a custom cocktail creation by one of Henrietta\u2019s bartenders involving Jameson whiskey and lemon juice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far, just under 400 people have been tested at the pub\u2019s new clinic, which holds slightly shorter hours than the 30-year-old bar (6 p.m. to midnight Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays). And not only have wait times peaked at just 40 minutes, but the tested can wait for their rapid results in outdoor cabanas while a cocktail waitress takes drink orders. (The PCR test results are sent to customers once they\u2019re processed.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the cutest thing. It feels like an amenity,\u201d Cannistraci said of the set-up.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s \u201cnothing gimmicky about it\u201d she clarified. \u201cIt\u2019s about care for the community. I just felt it was the right thing to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, as a result of customers feeling safer thanks to the test requirement, she said they\u2019ve been staying longer, sufficiently offsetting revenue lost to her implementing stricter capacity restrictions at the beginning of the current surge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-1-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=442\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"henrietta hudson covid test center\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-1-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=884 884w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-1-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=663 663w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-1-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=442 442w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-1-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=221 221w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-1-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    A sign advertising the new testing center outside the longstanding gay bar.                             <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Courtesy Lisa Cannistraci<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-2-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=442\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"henrietta hudson covid test center\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-2-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=884 884w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-2-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=663 663w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-2-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=442 442w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-2-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=221 221w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/henrietta-hudson-test-center-2-rotated.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    The bar&#8217;s freshly renovated interior.                               <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Courtesy Lisa Cannistraci<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a perfect model, but we\u2019re taking that extra step. People are so grateful,\u201d she said, adding that she highly recommends other business owners consider hosting clinics as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been around forever and I don\u2019t ever make recommendations to other bars,\u201d she said. \u201cIt has been wonderful for us.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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