N.Y.C. Restaurants Face Bleak Winter With No Indoor Dining
Restaurants already struggling during the pandemic are experiencing another setback. Many increasingly wonder how they will survive.
Jonathan Garcia, left, and Karlie Mestas having dinner at Maria’s Bistro Mexicano in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn on Sunday. Credit.Ryan Christopher Jones for The New York Times
Published Dec. 14, 2020Updated Feb. 12, 2021
After being shut for two months in the spring because of the pandemic, Maria’s Bistro Mexicano in Sunset Park found signs of optimism in the summer. Outdoor dining bolstered sales. Laid-off workers were rehired. The dining room eventually reopened, welcoming dozens of customers every week to tables spaced six feet apart.
New York City restaurants face bleak winter with no indoor dining
With coronavirus cases rising, this past weekend was the last time New Yorkers would legally be able to eat indoors at city restaurants for the foreseeable future, a reversal that reflected the worsening conditions of the pandemic. New York Times December 14, 2020 / 10:52 PM IST
People wearing protective masks walk by a weatherized outdoor dining structure outside a restaurant on the Upper East Side as the city continues the re-opening efforts following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on November 19, 2020 in New York City. (PC- AFP/Cindy Ord/Getty Images)