There's a backlog of more than 3,600 applications for outdoor dining sheds in the Big Apple -- thanks to the city's “cumbersome,” convoluted new approval process, The Post has learned.

In NYC, restaurants have reopened for outdoor dining. Three weeks in, owners and workers say weather and other factors make it a struggle.

The Big Apple is shedding outdoor dining. Restaurant sheds across the five boroughs must come down by Friday, according to new city rules — that had some diners saying good riddance, while ...

by Tanay Warerkar Dec 14, 2020, 7:31 AM PST NYC has introduced new snow guidelines for outdoor dining setups Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images NYC issues new snow day guidelines for outdoor dining ...

New York City's outdoor dining season is coming to a close, which means sheds must come down by the end of Friday. Christmas dinner injury forces golf’s World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to miss PGA ...

An NYC Hospitality Alliance survey earlier this year found nine in 10 restaurant owners hoped for a permanent version of outdoor dining, but the new system hasn’t been without its opponents.

And if it’s supposed to snow a lot? When more than an inch of snow or ice is in the forecast, the DSNY issues a Snow Alert. A Snow Alert means “roadway dining MUST CLOSE by the time indicated ...