MOST New York City restaurants taking part in the city’s pandemic-era outdoor dining program haven’t sought permits to make their sheds permanent, meaning they’ll have to be dismantled. About 2,600 dining establishments applied for the permits before the Aug. 3 deadline, according to the city Department of Transportation.
MOST New York City restaurants taking part in the city’s pandemic-era outdoor dining program haven’t sought permits to make their sheds permanent, meaning they’ll have to be dismantled.
Under the new program, known as Dining Out NYC, roadway sheds must be taken down and stored from the end of November through March, which some restaurants say is cost prohibitive. Operators must also meet certain specifications for the structures, such as not being fully enclosed, which would require some businesses to rebuild them.
Manny Colon, owner of the popular Manny’s Bistro on the Upper West Side, signed up for roadway and sidewalk permits, which at $1,050 each for four years is half the price for permits pre-Covid. He estimates a city-approved contractor would charge $40,000 to take down his structure, build a new one to fit specifications and store it all winter.INSTEAD, he asked a friend to cut and paint plywood and is planning to U-Haul the shed to his daughter’s house upstate to store it in the winter.
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