Bring back al-fresco dining and late night openings to boost economy and tourism, London councils urged by City Hall

by BulkyAccident

9 comments

  2. Al fresco dining works wonders in other european cities even with cold and rainy climate.

    Bring it back!

  3. Good lad Sadiq, just in time for summer. Soho was top drawer in the summers of 2020 and 21. Weird how much more outgoing this city was in the middle of Covid than after it.

  4. Yeah, we don’t lose anything by having more outdoor dining. It was actually nice back a couple of years ago.

    Might as well pedestrianise parts of SoHo for example, who wants to drive there anyway?

  5. That is great, but that isn’t why people are not going out.

  6. One thing I noticed about the UK is whenever there is outdoor seating at a restaurant or cafe there are almost never any parasols, something that immediately sticks out to me whenever I’ve found myself abroad.

    Here, everyone has to sit in direct sunlight beaming straight into their eyes or slowly cooking them on side of their body, sitting at tables and chairs covered in bird poo if they wish to be outside. It’s nice to actually see it in this photo, but it’s often the exception.

  7. Too many yutes rolling around with knives and stealing phones.. I wouldn’t feel safe

  8. Pedestrianise Soho and let restaurants fill the streets with tables and chairs and I’ll eat out there again. Actually find it unbelievable that COVID *improved” something about the city and it reverted back to being shit.

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