Restaurants not benefitting from New York State curfew, want it lifted Allen Street Hardware Café in downtown Buffalo has been closed since COVID began, and it plans to stay closed until the curfew is lifted. Author: Danielle Church (WGRZ) Updated: 6:24 PM EDT April 8, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you've walked past Allen Street Hardware Café since the coronavirus pandemic began, you've probably noticed how quiet it always seems. That's because it's been closed, and it won't be open anytime soon. "It's the 11 p.m. curfew that's the only thing standing in the way of me opening," owner Charlie Goldman said. Goldman says the curfew drastically cuts his hours, which isn't the way to run his business.