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Mark your calendars! From September 5 - 12, restaurants across the five boroughs will offer exclusive discounts, promotions, and special menu items to on-site diners who choose to dine curbside.
Untapped New York is proud to be a media sponsor of Curbside Dining Restaurant Week presented by Open Plans, a livability nonprofit that promotes people-centered use of street space. On September 11th, you can join Untapped New York Members for a special sneak peek at some of the participating establishments on a happy hour food and drink tour of Brooklyn!
The goal of Curbside Dining Restaurant Week is to celebrate the popularity of al fresco dining in New York City and the benefits it provides to local businesses, while also highlighting reforms needed to ensure the continued success of the City's Dining Out NYC program.
"Our restaurant week is a demonstration and celebration of how curb space can serve people, not just parked cars,” says Sara Lind, Co-Executive Director at Open Plans.
The creation of "streeteries" helped thousands of restaurants stay afloat during the pandemic lockdowns, and these unique dining areas showed how the city’s curb lanes could serve as places for connection and community. Today, however, after a permanent curbside dining program passed City Council in 2023, only a small fraction of curbside dining areas have remained open.
Cost, complexity, and seasonal limitations have all been cited as barriers to participation for small businesses. “Business owners have poured their hearts, souls, time, and money into the curbside dining program—but it has become too burdensome," Lind explains, "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 aims to have the City of New York implement these key reforms:
How do you think curbside dining can be improved?
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