Chinanews, January 6, according to the US "World Journal" report, a few days ago, 250 lanterns were hung on the main road of Manhattan's Chinatown, New York, to add to the festive atmosphere, attracting the public to eat in Chinatown, the effect is remarkable, many people see the media After the propaganda, I went to Chinatown to explore the new scene. In addition, Tiangong was beautiful. During the New Year's Day long weekend, many people went to Chinatown to eat and spend, and there was a rare queuing crowd in the streets since the beginning of winter.
Carry Zhou, a Chinese who went from Upstate to New York City during the New Year’s holiday, said that he missed the dumplings in Chinatown restaurants. He planned to spend a day in New York City for the holidays with his friends. When searching for Chinatown food on the Internet, he saw news mentions. When I went to Chinatown to hang the lanterns, I waited until the evening to light up and took photos with the lanterns in Chinatown.
She said, “There are many netizens sharing photos taken with Chinatown lanterns on the Internet. In the depressed days of the epidemic, it is very inspiring to see that the community can keep alive.”
The staff of “Yong Kee”, a Chinese restaurant in New York, also said that the business was pretty good on the New Year’s weekend. The restaurant originally had three tables for outdoor dining. There were too many guests during the New Year’s Day long weekend. The guests were directed to the opposite side, and the staff had to walk back and forth to deliver the food, which was quite busy; and even though the dining seats had been increased, many people still stood waiting outside the restaurant.
Chen Zuozhou, executive director of the Chinatown Business Improvement District, said that the dining crowd is greatly affected by weather and other factors. According to the amount of garbage collected in the commercial reform district, on December 25, 2020 Christmas and New Year’s Eve on December 31, I saw the community The amount of rubbish has increased significantly, indicating that there have been more crowds in the past two days; in order to help businesses attract more crowds, the community has spent a lot of effort to promote in addition to hanging up lights.
Chen Zuozhou said that the current return of the community is still less than half of the same period in 2019; but Chen Zuozhou also said that the heating equipment in the outdoor dining area does bring more business to the restaurant; before the new year, the architectural design company Rockwell Group donated China 19 electric heaters in the Bu Community, and assisted in the installation of many restaurants south of Moscow Street.
Chen Zuozhou said that according to his own observation, there were only a small number of outdoor dining customers in the restaurant the day before the electric heating was installed. After the installation, not only the dining experience of the customers is better, but the atmosphere is also significantly better.
(Yan Jiaying)