The waitstaff is usually made up of younger people, many of whom still live with their families.
When a restaurant reopens, covid tends to spread among the staff after one of them gets it from a customer. Then it spreads to diners before it can be stopped. That’s how it works. Not to mention the servers’ families.
We have been very good about stopping the spread. Some people like to make fun of us, but we are doing OK now for a crowded, overpopulated city. Opening the restaurants could end that progress.
Outdoor dining has been great. People stop in who might not ever venture into an indoor place. The fact that it is on the sidewalk makes it seem more like it belongs to everyone. People are also more communal in their seating arrangements. It is one of the ways that covid has actually changed things for the better. And it does cool off in the evening!
Let’s wait a bit before demanding indoor dining right now, when outdoor dining is doing so well and is so much fun. We have time to start into it slowly when it gets too cold to eat outside.
I might add: Stop complaining about the “covid tax,” New York diners. Let them have a little extra. They deserve it.
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And how will outdoor dining work beginning in November?
I might like to sit outside in the cold, in my shorts but, most people don’t .
I sure as hell won’t be sitting outside in anything but a cashmere overcoat or snow gear come mid December....
Rain, sleet, snow and wind...Brrrr!
Your should change your screen name to Milktoast. You ain’t no firebrand.