These UES Restaurants Are Open For Outdoor Dining: Map
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Nearly 300 restaurants on the Upper East Side have reopened for outdoor dining this week as the city moved to phase two of its economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, a new map shows.
The city Department of Transportation map lets New Yorkers track which restaurants in their neighborhood are participating in the city's Open Restaurants program, which lets eateries set up tables on sidewalks or parking lanes as they reopen for al fresco dining. More than 6,200 restaurants have reopened citywide as of Monday.
The six zip codes that make up the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island have a total of 289 restaurants open for business, a number that will only grow as more applications come in. Of those restaurants, 245 are permitted for alcohol service.
Diners can also use the map to get a sense of how restaurants are setting up their outdoor dining areas. Most restaurants, 143, have set up seating on both the sidewalk and in parking lanes, but 114 restaurants are only operating on the sidewalk and 32 restaurants are only operating in the street.
The city is planning to expand its outdoor dining program further this week by launching applications for business improvement districts and merchant associations to set up seating on roadways that have been closed to traffic under the city's Open Streets program.
The city is expected to let restaurants start indoor dining, at limited capacity, when it enters Phase Three, likely July 6. Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that officials will reevaluate the risks of indoor dining and may choose to delay its return due to safety concerns.
Check out the city's map to see which restaurants in your neighborhood are open for outdoor dining.
This article originally appeared on the Upper East Side Patch
