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Portland firm pivots to selling cozy outdoor dining pods February 14 2021
While seating for street dining expands in pandemic Portland, one firm brings the style as it tries to minimize the risk.
When COVID-19 hit, the Portland Bureau of Transportation created the Healthy Businesses program to help business adapt to the pandemic economy. It allows restaurants to set up outdoor dining in the right of way (where cars would normally park, but not where they would be driving by at full tilt).
For many restaurants, it s take-out or sit outside only and many of them see street dining as their last chance to stay afloat.