China News Service, July 27. According to the US "World Journal" report, the outdoor dining project in New York City, the United States may be permanent. Brooklyn 8th Avenue restaurant owners pointed out that the weather is hot and the utilization rate of outdoor dining areas has not been high recently; however; The new crown pneumonia epidemic has repeated, and the industry is still uncertain about whether the outdoor dining seats should be demolished or retained. They are worried that dinning will be restricted at that time, and they will be forced to rebuild the outdoor dining area.
The outdoor dining area on 8th Avenue is mainly concentrated between 52nd Street and 62nd Street. Due to the limited driveway, the operators on the avenue have simple wooden sheds and fewer tables and chairs that can be accommodated.
Operators in the street, because of the larger space, can add more dining seats, and are more willing to spend money on decorations.
However, since the opening of dine-in in New York City, the outdoor dining areas in the 8th Avenue business district have been almost vacant, and many are left with wooden sheds without tables and chairs.
The industry said that due to the fatigue of the epidemic prevention, the public's fear of the virus has been greatly reduced, and the government has lifted the epidemic prevention order, and the public is relieved. In addition, because of the summer, they prefer to stay indoors with air conditioning.
Regarding the permanentization of outdoor dining areas, Chen Shanzhuang, an owner of the Golden Crown Restaurant, believes that it has certain benefits for economic revitalization and can satisfy customers who want to sit indoors or outdoors. In addition, Brooklyn’s streets are wider than Chinatown, which causes less traffic problems, so it can be improved. It is still worth keeping.
He said that in the hot summer, no matter how well the wooden shed is built, the utilization rate during the day is still not high, and only a few foreign ethnicities visit at night.
The industry may still have to invest in the installation of air-conditioning, plus the government to formulate a reasonable plan, in order to truly realize the value of outdoor dining areas.
Mr. Lin, who runs a hot pot restaurant on 8th Avenue, said that when eating hot pot in the summer, customers are even more reluctant to stay outdoors. Considering that the restaurant will occupy the parking space on the street, some wooden sheds have been removed; at first, he thought it was only a temporary measure and did not spend too much time. The decoration and demolishing will not be too pity.
However, as the mutant virus rages, he is worried that the city government will restrict dinning and that the complete demolition will not be able to provide outdoor dining. He is very distressed between the two choices.
Just in case, most of the outdoor dining seats are still reserved in the short term, depending on the epidemic situation.
(Yan Jieen)