NEW YORK CITY — New Yorkers still have a few days to enjoy the first-ever Curbside Dining Restaurant Week.

Running through Sept. 12, Open Plans’ Curbside Dining Restaurant Week includes participating restaurants across the five boroughs offering exclusive discounts and specials to customers dining outdoors.

The weeklong event aims to celebrate curbside dining’s popularity and benefits to local businesses, as well as highlight reforms needed to ensure the program’s continued success, Open Plans told Patch.

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The restaurant week is part of a campaign by the nonprofit, who promotes people-centered use of street space, to reform Dining Out NYC, the permanent version of the pandemic-era program that allowed businesses to use curbside space to serve patrons.

“New Yorkers are hungry for vibrant public space; the immediate success of curbside dining proved that. But today, the program is floundering. Our restaurant week is a demonstration and celebration of how curb space can serve people, not just parked cars,” Sara Lind, Co-Executive Director at Open Plans, told Patch. “Business owners have poured their hearts, souls, time, and money into the curbside dining program—but it has become too burdensome. 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.”

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Ray’s | 177 Chrystie St, Manhattan (15% off the entire bill)

The Mansion | 1634 York Ave, Manhattan
(20% off meal bill)

Bar Italia | 768 Madison Ave, Manhattan (10% off the entire bill)

The Grand Feast | 854 Amsterdam Ave, Manhattan (First round of beer is free)

Orsay | 1057 Lexington Ave, Manhattan (10% off the entire bill)

La Goulue | 29 E 61st St, Manhattan (10% off the entire bill)

Atla | 372 Lafayette St, Manhattan (Free classic or mezcal margarita with purchase of a guacamole)

Anejo Tribeca | 301 Church St, Manhattan (Complimentary order of chips and salsa)

Honey’s Ice Cream by Bear Donut | 40 W 31st St, Manhattan (free topping)

Le Rivage | 340 W 46th St, Manhattan

Brooklyn

Someday Bar | 364 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn ($3 Dirty Water Hard Seltzer, $3 HOPWTR)

Postmark Café | 326 6th St, Brooklyn (15% off the entire bill)

Judy’s | 4022 5th Ave, Brooklyn ($1 beer and wine by the glass)

Colonie | 127 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn (10% off the entire bill)

Threes Brewing – Gowanus | 333 Douglass St, Brooklyn (10% off beverage bill)

Bar Basic | 71 7th Ave, Brooklyn (Free Aperol Spritz with the order of a sandwich or entrée)

IXV Coffee | 497 Pacific St, Brooklyn (10% off the entire bill)

Café Grumpy – Park Slope | 383 7th Ave, Brooklyn (15% off the entire bill)

Café Grumpy – Greenpoint | 193 Meserole Ave, Brooklyn (15% off the entire bill)

Oh Boy | 84 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn (Oh Boy Burger and a glass of natural wine for $16)

Bar56 | 53 Water St, Brooklyn Complimentary glass of bubbly with any food purchase

Café Paulette | 1 S Elliott Pl, Brooklyn Complimentary crème brûlée for two with order of two dinner meals

Osteria Radisa | 241 Smith St, Brooklyn Complimentary house made limoncello with dessert order

Aita Restaurant | 132 Greene Ave, Brooklyn

Beepublic | 181 Front St, Brooklyn

Black Oak | 200 5th Ave, Brooklyn

The Beer Garage | 148 5th Ave, Brooklyn

Miti Miti | 138 5th Ave, Brooklyn

Queens

The Barn Coffee Shop | 26-08 Hoyt Ave S, Queens (10% off the entire bill)

The Queensboro | 80-02 Northern Blvd, Queens (Two-for-one beers and house cocktails)

DiWine Natural Wine Bar & Restaurant | 41-15 31st Ave, Queens (10% off all wine by the bottle)

Sean Og’s Tavern | 60-06 Woodside Ave, Queens ($35 prix fixe Curbside Dining Restaurant Week menu)

Mercato LIC | 47-46 Vernon Blvd, Queens (Complimentary focaccia bread)

The Bronx

Crosstown Diner | 2880 Bruckner Blvd, Bronx

Open Plans is working with local businesses to identify needed changes to the program to ensure its accessibility, sustainability, and success for years to come.

To help the program thrive again, Open Plans is calling on the city to implement key reforms:

● Allow curbside dining year-round
● Create a simplified and affordable fee structure
● Establish flexible and clear design guidelines
● Incorporate local input without unnecessary delays
● Streamline the application process for businesses and DOT
● Promote program expansion in underserved neighborhoods

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