At the height of the pandemic, in response to local restaurants suffering from shuttering their indoor dining services, New York City implemented an emergency “Open Restaurants Program” that suspended certain zoning location...more
The Department of City Planning’s Open Restaurants zoning text amendment entered public review on June 21, 2021. The text amendment will remove geographic restrictions on where sidewalk cafes can be located within NYC, as...more
Beginning May 29, 2020, Northern Virginia entered Phase 1 of Gov. Ralph Northam’s “Forward Virginia Plan.” Phase 1 permits greater use of outdoor spaces, particularly for restaurants and health clubs. Use of those spaces will...more