Outdoor Dining
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Parking? Lots! Outdoor Dining Structures Are Coming Down Across the City
Another wave of New York City's beloved roadside dining structures is making way for parked cars after a key city deadline passed on Friday.
November 4, 2024
Wednesday’s Headlines: Whatever Happened to the Swagger Edition
"A gutless city government has undermined outdoor dining," the Times opines. Plus other news.
September 25, 2024
Thursday’s Headlines: Get Sheds Down Edition
At least Mayor Adams is consistent: he wants to kill construction sheds ... after killing dining sheds. Plus other news.
August 15, 2024
Wednesday’s Headlines: Outdoor Dining Down Edition
Mood Ring in Bushwick is the latest establishment to take down its outdoor dining set-up after new city rules went into effect earlier this month. Plus more news.
August 14, 2024
SPLAT: Adams Administration’s Squeeze on Roadside Dining is Complete
In the end, outdoor dining sheds will occupy just 0.087 percent of the city's parking spaces.
August 5, 2024
About 1,300 Restaurants Apply For Outdoor Dining — 90% Drop From Pandemic’s Height
The decimation of the popular program comes thanks to the City Council and Mayor Adams.
July 30, 2024
Roadway Dining May See Dramatic Decline Under Eric Adams As Deadline Looms
Only a few hundred restaurants are in the pipeline for roadside seating, down from thousands.
July 12, 2024
… And the Biggest Failures and Disappointments of 2023
Let's be real, 2023 was not a good year for livable streets.
December 28, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: Outdoor Dining Funeral Train Edition
Outdoor dining dies a slow death in New York City. Plus more news.
November 17, 2023
Proposed Outdoor Dining Rules Leave Diners Out in the Rain
Shed a tear for the sheds. Unless you like rain, that is.
October 20, 2023