"The weeklong event aims to celebrate curbside dining's popularity and benefits to local businesses, as well as highlight reforms needed to ensure the program's continued success, Open Plans told Patch. The restaurant week is part of a campaign by the nonprofit, who promotes people-centered use of street space, to reform Dining Out NYC, the permanent version of the pandemic-era program that allowed businesses to use curbside space to serve patrons."
""New Yorkers are hungry for vibrant public space; the immediate success of curbside dining proved that. But today, the program is floundering. Our restaurant week is a demonstration and celebration of how curb space can serve people, not just parked cars," Sara Lind, Co-Executive Director at Open Plans, told Patch."
""Business owners have poured their hearts, souls, time, and money into the curbside dining program-but it has become too burdensome. City leaders must make curbside dining year-round, flexible, and equitable so that it truly supports small businesses and reflects the diverse, dynamic energy of this city.""
Open Plans is holding Curbside Dining Restaurant Week across all five boroughs through Sept. 12, offering participating restaurants exclusive outdoor dining discounts and specials. The event celebrates curbside dining's popularity and emphasizes benefits to local businesses while calling for reforms to preserve and improve the pandemic-era curbside dining program. Organizers want Dining Out NYC reformed to be year-round, more flexible, and equitable to reduce burdens on small businesses. The campaign highlights people-centered use of street space and showcases participating Manhattan restaurants and their specific offers to encourage outdoor patronage.
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