One of the new outdoor dining sheds at Bodrum in the Upper West Side between 88th and 89th street. Photo Credit: Alessia Girardin. Two Manhattan Restaurants Are Among First to Use New Modular Outdoor Dining Sheds Two restaurants in Manhattan are among the first four in the city to feature the new open air modular set ups that will eventually... News 04 Mar 2024 | 05:56
Steve Millington, the general manager of media hot spot Michael’s Restaurant on W. 55th St., says since his outdoor dining area is “open air,” he believes it will be spared from any dining shed rules that call for enclosed sheds to be taken down for the winter. So he’s safe, he says, at least for this year. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Confusion Reigns as DOT Goes Slow in Enforcing Dining Shed Rules Outdoor dining: it’s the controversy that comes with a side of confusion so large that, even in late 2023, nobody was sure... News 30 Dec 2023 | 10:30
An artist’s rendering of the Outdoor Dining Program, which will comprise a permanent transition towards dining sheds that will kick off in earnest next year. Existing sheds can stay up until Dec. 31. A public comment period on the program’s proposed rules ended on November 20. ( Photo via DOT) Public Comment Period for New Dining Shed Rules Ends, Locals & Restaurant Group Give Input With seasonal roadway dining sheds about to be made more or less permanent with the city’s Outdoor Dining Program, local... News 24 Nov 2023 | 12:11
By October 2020, six months after the outbreak of COVID, restaurants took creative steps to insure safe and healthy dining for their patrons. Here, in the Flatiron District one uses a Manhattan take on an igloo, transparent but enclosed. Photo: Ralph Spielman Debate Surrounds the Future of Outdoor Dining as City Council Ponders Fate of New Regs There’s a new word in our Manhattanese argot” “Streeteries.” Loosely defined as on-street outdoor dining establishments, usually... News 12 Feb 2023 | 11:52
