{"id":510482,"date":"2022-11-16T02:59:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T23:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/shut-down-nycs-outdoor-dining-sheds\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T02:59:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T23:59:18","slug":"shut-down-nycs-outdoor-dining-sheds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shut-down-nycs-outdoor-dining-sheds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Shut down NYC&#8217;s outdoor-dining sheds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a232780a537b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a232780a537b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shut-down-nycs-outdoor-dining-sheds\/#%E2%80%9CShut_down_NYCs_outdoor-dining_sheds%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Shut down NYC&#8217;s outdoor-dining sheds&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CShut_down_NYCs_outdoor-dining_sheds%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Shut down NYC&#8217;s outdoor-dining sheds&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Cuozzo\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Will somebody remind restaurant-industry advocates that, despite much hysteria, indoor dining didn\u2019t kill every last one of us during the pandemic?<\/p>\n<p>And today\u2019s packed restaurants aren\u2019t sending New Yorkers to the hospital with COVID, either. Yet the New York City Hospitality Alliance is again warning the city not to even think about ending the so-called \u201cOpen Restaurants\u201d program which gave beleaguered eateries and bars a lifeline during the crisis of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s campaign isn\u2019t about health, but about dollars and cents. Outdoor dining is \u201ckey\u201d to 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 eateries\u2019 survival as they \u201cstruggle to recoup years of pandemic-induced losses,\u201d the alliance said this week.<\/p>\n<p>But the continued existence \u2014 make that proliferation \u2014 of the alfresco shanties makes for an \u201cemergency\u201d atmosphere which The New York Times and other nostalgists for lockdown continue to feed. Meanwhile, the outdoor-seating plague feeds restaurant owners\u2019 coffers.<\/p>\n<p>Although the coronavirus crisis ended long ago, too many owners cynically and selfishly exploit the alfresco eyesores\u2019 staying power simply to make more money \u2014\u00a0no matter the damage and ugliness they inflict on streets that already had chaos to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Owners are panicking that \u201ccomprehensive\u201d new city regulations, now grinding through the City Council, might be too complicated or too costly to comply with \u2014 if they\u00a0don\u2019t strike down the sheds for good.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance heroically advocated for government relief for its members during the worst of the pandemic, and helped to save untold numbers of eateries that would otherwise have gone under.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Outdoor dining\" class=\"wp-image-24667028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_013.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Outdoor dining is \u201ckey\u201d to Big Apple eateries\u2019 survival as they \u201cstruggle to recoup years of pandemic-induced losses,\u201d the alliance said this week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But its campaign to protect restaurants\u2019 outdoor cash cows, which many now regard as a God-given right, is past its sell-by date.<\/p>\n<p>To demonstrate how lucrative sheds can be\u00a0to more than 11,000 owners, the alliance cited a Department of Transportation survey which found that restaurants and bars on car-free streets \u201cstrongly outperformed\u201d on sales growth places on nearby streets that maintained vehicular traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Well, duh \u2014 of course they did. Thanks to the sheds, they have more seats!<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the true crux of the issue for many eateries. None of today\u2019s well-known, and very real, challenges \u2014 inflation, the scarcity of help, earlier dining hours \u2014 can blunt the boon that comes from having more tables without having to pay for them in the form of rent or license fees.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an open secret among restaurateurs honest enough to admit\u00a0that outdoor sheds are the city\u2019s gift that never stops giving. They range in quality from elaborately decorated tropical and Asian fantasies to Third World lean-to\u2019s. But whether they cost $100,000 or peanuts to build, they let some owners\u00a0take in more cash than they ever did with indoor seating only. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_6.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Local residents protest \" class=\"wp-image-24667034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The group\u2019s campaign isn\u2019t about health, but about dollars and cents. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_014.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Al fresco \" class=\"wp-image-24667050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_014.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_014.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_014.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221103_zaa_nc25_014.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Restaurants and bars on car-free streets \u201cstrongly outperformed\u201d on sales growth places on nearby streets that maintained vehicular traffic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com\/Levine Roberts<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even restaurants where sheds are little-used are loath to take them down. They keep them up \u201cjust in case,\u201d as at Finnegans Wake on First Avenue at East 73rd Street \u2014 where I haven\u2019t seen a single customer in the unsightly, padlocked shed on the avenue side for a year.<\/p>\n<p>A manager at Benoit, a well-regarded French restaurant on West 55th Street, had this to say a few days ago when I asked if they planned to keep their outdoor structure up even though only a few people were using it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019re going to make it better. We\u2019re going to really enclose it and put in heaters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But why does Benoit, a beautiful place with a menu supervised by Alain Ducasse, need a \u201cdining room\u201d in the street?<\/p>\n<p>How does a fully enclosed \u201coutdoor\u201d room make the handful of people who still worry about COVID spread from eating indoors feel any safer?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The protesters drove a mock outdoor dining area\" class=\"wp-image-24667042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The protesters drove a mock outdoor dining area mounted on a UHaul pickup.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_16.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The protesters drove a mock outdoor dining area\" class=\"wp-image-24667045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_16.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_16.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_16.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221115_Yang_NYP___Outdoor_Dining_Protest_16.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Owners are panicking that \u201ccomprehensive\u201d new city regulations, now grinding through the City Council, might be too complicated or too costly to comply with.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How fair is it to competitors without alfresco sheds for Benoit, or Indochine on Lafayette Street, or Balthazar on Spring Street, to install lots of seats essentially for free beyond the one-time setup cost?<\/p>\n<p>For sure, restaurateurs have one legitimate reason to sweat: The city gave\u00a0the lead role in establishing and enforcing new rules for design, safety and attractiveness to the all-thumbs Department of Transportation, which has only made traffic conditions worse.<\/p>\n<p>Too many dining sheds are part of the problem. They thicken the obstacle courses that motorists must navigate amidst bike lanes, bus lanes and inscrutable turning rules.<\/p>\n<p>So no surprise that a car\u00a0recently smashed into the BLT Prime shed on Lexington Avenue at East 74th Street. Another into Cellini on East 54th. BLT dismantled its shanty and Cellini will soon do so. Fortunately, no one was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>But it shouldn\u2019t take potentially deadly accidents to tell us what should be obvious: Dining rooms don\u2019t belong\u00a0in the middle of streets \u2014 no matter how \u201ckey\u201d they are to owners\u2019 profits.\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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