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Restaurants plead for patience on mask rules FacebookTwitterEmail Autumn Waterhouse, standing, takes a lunch order, from left, from Lisa Mooney, Julia Watjen and Tom Connolly at Dawn’s Victory Cafe in Albany on June 4 last year, the first day outdoor dining was again allowed in New York. Indoor dining resumed two weeks later. (Photo by Steve Barnes/Times Union.)Steve Barnes/Times Union ALBANY — Restaurateurs collectively cringed on Thursday when the federal Centers for Disease Control issued an abrupt and unexpected change in its pandemic-related recommendations, saying that people who ar...

The Berlin lounge to admit vaccinated patrons only FacebookTwitterEmail The bar at The Berlin, above Troy Beer Garden at 2 King St. in Troy. (Provided photo.)Photo courtesy of Matt Baumgartner TROY — The Berlin, an intimate downtown cocktail lounge that has been closed since the pandemic-related shutdown began 14 months ago, will require patrons to have proof of full coronavirus vaccination when it reopens on Friday, May 21. It is believed to be the first Capital Region bar or restaurant to screen for vaccination status. "It's so small I didn't want to open it back up until it felt safe to ...

FacebookTwitterEmail When you're craving a burger in the Capital Region, where do you go? Our readers voted overwhelmingly for two burger joints with striking similarities in Best of 2021.  Both have the same possessive in their names. One hyphenates the words that follow; one doesn't. They're more than 20 miles apart in a vehicle, 10 percentage points in the voting. Jumpin' Jack's Drive-In in Scotia, founded in 1956, ultimately bested the 18-years-older Jack's Drive In in Wynantskill for the title of best burger in Best of 2021.  Jumpin' Jack's also claimed the top spot in Best of 2020, af...

Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on April 14, 2021 at 4:06 PM Here’s some relief for the hospitality industry, courtesy my Capitol Bureau colleague Edward McKinley: The curfew for bars and restaurants licensed to sell alcohol will be pushed back an hour, from 11 p.m. to midnight, starting on Monday (4/19), Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday in a conference call with reporters. The governor also said that horse races will be able to host crowds up to 20 percent of capacity starting next Friday. Other sporting events in New York have been open to the public for v...

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