為了保住生意，紐約的餐館紛紛涌向柏油路

為了保住生意，紐約的餐館紛紛涌向柏油路

People dine under red umbrellas outside Via Carota restaurant in New York City's West Village. As the city continues to reopen, it is allowing restaurants to expand outdoors.

在紐約西村的Carota餐廳外，人們在紅傘下用餐。隨著該市繼續(xù)重新開放，允許餐館在戶外擴(kuò)張。

While indoor dining out is still prohibited in New York City, even the outdoor seating at restaurants doesn't always feel safe for Whitney Kuo.

雖然紐約仍然禁止在室內(nèi)外出就餐，但對惠特尼·郭來說，即使是餐館的戶外座位也并不總是安全的。

"Most places freak me out" because the tables aren't far enough apart, she says.

“大多數(shù)地方都讓我害怕”，因為桌子之間的距離不夠遠(yuǎn)，她說。

And her friend, Sofia Skarlatos, had an unpleasant experience recently, being seated off the curb.

她的朋友索菲亞·斯卡拉托斯最近有一段不愉快的經(jīng)歷，坐在路邊。

"It was like kind of in a gutter, my table," Skarlatos says.

斯卡拉托斯說:“我的桌子就像在排水溝里一樣。”

As New York City continues reopening, officials are allowing restaurants to expand outdoors. As long as they keep a path clear for pedestrians and follow other guidelines such as not blocking bus stop waiting areas and subway grates, they can apply to put seating on sidewalks and in curbside parking spots.

隨著紐約市繼續(xù)重新開放，官員們允許餐館在戶外擴(kuò)張。只要他們?yōu)樾腥吮３忠粭l通暢的道路，并遵循其他的指導(dǎo)原則，比如不堵塞公交車站候車區(qū)和地鐵的柵欄門，他們就可以申請在人行道和路邊停車場設(shè)置座位。

That has transformed the city's streets, many of which have come alive with little fenced-in dining areas with tables and umbrellas and decorated with flower boxes and hanging plants.

這改變了這座城市的街道，許多街道都變得生機(jī)勃勃，因為用餐區(qū)幾乎沒有圍欄，有桌子和雨傘，還裝飾著花盒和懸掛的植物。

Despite Kuo and Skarlatos' unpleasant experiences, many of the new dining spaces are attractive. They ended up choosing to eat and drink at a restaurant in Brooklyn called Hunky Dory, which serves classic foods such as fried chicken sandwiches and a range of cocktails. The big lot next door to the restaurant is spacious and fenced in.

盡管郭和斯卡拉托斯有過不愉快的經(jīng)歷，但許多新餐廳還是很有吸引力的。最后，她們選擇在布魯克林一家名為“Hunky Dory”的餐廳用餐和喝酒，這家餐廳供應(yīng)炸雞三明治和各種雞尾酒等經(jīng)典美食。餐廳隔壁的大空地很寬敞，而且有籬笆圍起來。

"It's the only place where I've seen the tables, like actually almost 10 feet apart," Kuo says.

“這是我唯一見過桌子之間幾乎有10英尺的距離的地方，”郭說。

Before July, that lot was empty. Hunky Dory's owner, Claire Sprouse, struck up a deal with the owner to fix it up and use it for outdoor dining. She cleared out barbed wire and trash and put in tables and umbrellas.

七月份以前，那塊地是空的。Hunky Dory的老板克萊爾·斯普勞斯與(空地)主人達(dá)成協(xié)議，將其修好并用于戶外就餐。她把鐵絲網(wǎng)和垃圾清理干凈，把桌子和雨傘放進(jìn)去。

She also converted her storefront window into a takeout window for customers to place and pick up orders.

她還把店面窗口改成了外賣窗口，讓顧客下單和取貨。

It was a hefty investment for Sprouse, costing about $10,000 at a time when her business is scraping by from months of being closed to dining because of the pandemic.

對于斯普勞斯來說，這是一筆巨大的投資，在她因流行病而停業(yè)數(shù)月后，她的生意正勉強(qiáng)度日，花費(fèi)約1萬美元。

So far, though, Sprouse says the risk is worth it. She's bringing in 60% of what her normal revenue was before the pandemic.

不過，斯普勞斯表示，到目前為止，冒這樣的風(fēng)險是值得的。她的收入是疫情前正常收入的60%