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Cheers: To outdoor dining. Vancouver’s popular Street Eats has been extended three years by city officials. The program, which grants permits for restaurants to set up tables on sidewalks or parking spaces, was designed to help businesses weather the coronavirus pandemic. With restrictions on indoor dining continually evolving, outdoor dining provided some consistency for restaurants – as well as patrons.
As part of the program, 14 downtown restaurants have established quasi-permanent seating in parking spaces. City official Teresa Brum said: “Public spaces are highly regulated by cities. There’s a lot of things you can’t do in a public space. To allow the parklets, we had to change the rules in so many different levels.” While city officials will have to monitor the impact on downtown parking once the economy fully reopens, we hope Street Eats will prove its value long a
Vancouver s Street Eats program for outdoor dining extended for 3 years columbian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from columbian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.