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Outdoor dining was a rare part of the pandemic that many people actually liked

NEW YORK (AP) — Outdoor dining was a part of the pandemic that many people actually liked — made possible by streetside dining sheds that popped up around New York City and allowed many restaurants to stay in business when they couldn’t have diners inside. Some sheds were simple — wooden structures with basic cutouts […]

New outdoor dining rules are coming for New Yorkers as COVID-19 regulations continue to fade in the wake of the pandemic. Officials have taken steps to make outdoor dining permanent.

While many still like the sheds and restaurants want to keep them, others say there is no longer a need for them.

Advertising As of Monday, December 14, indoor dining will once again by banned in New York City. Governor Cuomo announced the restaurant rollback in a press conference earlier today, a reaction to the rising spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and positive case rates throughout New York State.  The news comes not even three months after the governor reopened New York dining rooms at 25-percent capacity. In the weeks in between, restaurant and bar owners have grappled with ever-changing state and city mandates, with the whens and whats of whether indoor dining would close again and if, more...