When are the restaurant tables that are on the street...

[Anonymous]

and causing a lane to be closed going to be removed ??? They came about because of Covid, but now seem to have outlived their usefulness.

I never saw the attraction of eating in a closed lane on the street and inhaling vehicle fumes and loud automobile sounds while dining... not to mention being in a position where a car could kill me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:and causing a lane to be closed going to be removed ??? They came about because of Covid, but now seem to have outlived their usefulness.

I never saw the attraction of eating in a closed lane on the street and inhaling vehicle fumes and loud automobile sounds while dining... not to mention being in a position where a car could kill me.

People enjoy eating outdoors. The change in AdMo from the lane closures and ample extra seating has been great and I hope it is preserved that way indefinitely. I'm Eddie Cano and Rosemary Bistro have a pretty cool setup too.

[Anonymous]

I will not sit at a table on the street, but we still only go to restaurants with outdoor dining.

[Anonymous]

They should close even more roads and provide more outdoor eating. Great improvement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should close even more roads and provide more outdoor eating. Great improvement.

This is the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and causing a lane to be closed going to be removed ??? They came about because of Covid, but now seem to have outlived their usefulness.

I never saw the attraction of eating in a closed lane on the street and inhaling vehicle fumes and loud automobile sounds while dining... not to mention being in a position where a car could kill me.

People enjoy eating outdoors. The change in AdMo from the lane closures and ample extra seating has been great and I hope it is preserved that way indefinitely. I'm Eddie Cano and Rosemary Bistro have a pretty cool setup too.

+1. I live in Adams Morgan and I love the streateries here. One of the few good things that came out of COVID.

Exactly how many people have been hit by cars and died in DC while eating in streateries over the past three years?

[Anonymous]

I hope they stay forever! A lively street life makes neighborhoods safer and more vibrant.

[Anonymous]

The issue I have is that many restaurants are encroaching on the sidewalk which makes it difficult for pedestrians to pass. 14th Street is getting terrible. The restaurant tables in some spots essentially make the sidewalk half the width it’s supposed to be. And then you’ve got servers rushing back and forth across the sidewalk to serve the tables in the street. The servers at Le Dip are the worst about that. I’ve lived here a long time and it never used to be so awful trying to navigate through there. Restaurants shouldn’t be allowed to clog up the sidewalks.

[Anonymous]

I don't have a problem with restaurants being allowed to set up tables in a parking lane provided they pay "rent" to the city. They shouldn't be allowed to take over public spaces for free.

Also agree with the PP re: sidewalks.

[Anonymous]

Never, I hope. I wish 8th st SE was closed in the restaurant area, and I say this as someone who doesn't live walkable to there (albeit not too far) and drives and parks every time.

[Anonymous]

I hope never. I love outdoor dining.

[Anonymous]

I love them. Also miss having parking in some areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and causing a lane to be closed going to be removed ??? They came about because of Covid, but now seem to have outlived their usefulness.

I never saw the attraction of eating in a closed lane on the street and inhaling vehicle fumes and loud automobile sounds while dining... not to mention being in a position where a car could kill me.

People enjoy eating outdoors. The change in AdMo from the lane closures and ample extra seating has been great and I hope it is preserved that way indefinitely. I'm Eddie Cano and Rosemary Bistro have a pretty cool setup too.

+1. I live in Adams Morgan and I love the streateries here. One of the few good things that came out of COVID.

Exactly how many people have been hit by cars and died in DC while eating in streateries over the past three years?

Not a streetery, but here's an incident about outdoor dining:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dead...icut-avenue/2996789/

[Anonymous]

Don't eat at restaurants that have street dining if you don't want to, but no, don't ruin it for the rest of us. You are one person, you have a choice to how and where you dine, you are just here to be obnoxious or troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:and causing a lane to be closed going to be removed ??? They came about because of Covid, but now seem to have outlived their usefulness.

I never saw the attraction of eating in a closed lane on the street and inhaling vehicle fumes and loud automobile sounds while dining... not to mention being in a position where a car could kill me.

People enjoy eating outdoors. The change in AdMo from the lane closures and ample extra seating has been great and I hope it is preserved that way indefinitely. I'm Eddie Cano and Rosemary Bistro have a pretty cool setup too.

+1. I live in Adams Morgan and I love the streateries here. One of the few good things that came out of COVID.

Exactly how many people have been hit by cars and died in DC while eating in streateries over the past three years?

Not a streetery, but here's an incident about outdoor dining:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dead...icut-avenue/2996789/

Yeah, clearly the solution to elderly drivers running their giant SUV's ontop of patio eaters is to do away with... the patio eaters. /s