Streets Closed for Outside Dining

Biftu · ‎02-05-2011

My town has many restaurants (no chains) and this weekend they closed off the streets for outdoor dining. The town was jumping! As I drove by it was so nice to see people out and about like usual enjoying themselves and good to see restaurants making money and employing people. I'm still not comfortable doing this, but it put a smile on my face to remember how life used to be.

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@Biftu wrote:
My town has many restaurants (no chains) and this weekend they closed off the streets for outdoor dining. The town was jumping! As I drove by it was so nice to see people out and about like usual enjoying themselves and good to see restaurants making money and employing people. I'm still not comfortable doing this, but it put a smile on my face to remember how life used to be.

@Biftu Ours have been open for outside dining for awhile. Indoor opened month or so ago. We did the street closed one Saturday a few weeks ago. Bands playing etc. lots of fun and people behaving themselves.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@Biftu, how nice of your town to do that! Like you, I'm not very trusting of restaurants at this point either, but I can imagine how fun it was to see some semblance of normal activity again. Thanks for sharing!

Meowingkitty · ‎06-19-2010

We can't eat outside because of the high heat. It was 117 today. Fortunately our restaurants are open for inside dining and we eat at one at least once a week without issues. Maybe we can eat outside in December.

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

Nice to have a bit of live music, too.

A harp, or an accordian, or piano, or light band.

Btw, I used to love listening to accordian music, a hundred years ago. I thought, Gee, a portable 'band' in one instrument.

Are accordians being played now-a-days?

Haven't seen them in ages, it seems.

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

stevieb · ‎03-10-2010

@Biftu I completely get it. Any semblance of life as we knew it and hope to know it again is incredibly heartening to see.

In my pantry with my cupcakes...

Linmo · ‎12-16-2013

Here in my small town, our downtown main street is closed so the restaurants can offer more outdoor seating. On Saturday nights, there's not only music, but also dancing in the street.

SunSprite · ‎10-21-2019

This week is "restaurant week" in some cities (not mine, ours comes later). Some places also do a longer period of time than a week.

I have a friend that lives in Greenville, SC and she mentioned how the local restaurants have increased their outside dining to accomodate all the additional customers for their restaurant week.

Whatever gets you through the night; it's alright, it's alright. It's your money or your life; it's alright, it's alright---John Lennon

kaydee50 · ‎02-07-2011

Some of the streets here have been closed to traffic so restaurants can have outdoor dining. It has been successful and more streets have been closed to cars. I have no problem eating indoors and have done so at least a half a dozen times in the past few weeks. For us, one of the joys of life!!!

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Meowingkitty wrote:
We can't eat outside because of the high heat. It was 117 today. Fortunately our restaurants are open for inside dining and we eat at one at least once a week without issues. Maybe we can eat outside in December.

@Meowingkitty Heat index 107 here today. I was thinking the same thing! We aren't eating out yet. But we are high risk.