End of the "Streatery" eyesores

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We should not remove outdoor spaces that are free for people to use. It's nice to be able to grab something small at a local take out salad/sandwich place or an icecream shop and sit and people watch without having to pay $$$ to have a restaurant meal, a hefty tip, and be pressured to buy more food/drinks you don't need. I like the European model where you don't have to spend a lot to sit and enjoy public outdoor places. Anyone who doesn't like it is welcome to go to Tysons Plenty of parking and no blocked lanes

I agree with this. I like what has been done at Franklin Square and Eastern Market with public tables and chairs in and near parks so people can get food at local businesses (including low cost options) and then enjoy the public space.

I think ceding sidewalks and streets to privately owned restaurants is an irresponsible use of a public good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Really bummed about this. Had lunch at le diplomate outside in one of their chalets last week and it was great. Love having so many more outdoor dining options to stop at when out on a dog walk.

Have you considered not expecting there to be a million places to take your dog out to dinner?

When restaurants are hurting for customers, they should try to accommodate as many as are willing to pay. I don't have a dog, but if it takes dog owners to keep businesses afloat and add vibrancy to teh streets that would be empty otherwise, then so be it. As long as it's not pitbulls or other breeds (unmuzzled)

Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We should not remove outdoor spaces that are free for people to use. It's nice to be able to grab something small at a local take out salad/sandwich place or an icecream shop and sit and people watch without having to pay $$$ to have a restaurant meal, a hefty tip, and be pressured to buy more food/drinks you don't need. I like the European model where you don't have to spend a lot to sit and enjoy public outdoor places. Anyone who doesn't like it is welcome to go to Tysons Plenty of parking and no blocked lanes

I agree with this. I like what has been done at Franklin Square and Eastern Market with public tables and chairs in and near parks so people can get food at local businesses (including low cost options) and then enjoy the public space.

I think ceding sidewalks and streets to privately owned restaurants is an irresponsible use of a public good.

idk, i think there should be balance. Having most sidewalks occupied by private restaurants is wrong IMO, as I prefer to have more open seating areas for people to use for free, but it's also wrong to ban restaurants from having outdoor seating because in nice weather months it gets competitive to get a table and it helps them make their money and stay in business. I don't see which area of DC is so heavily inundated by private restaurant outdoor space though to the point that it is such a nuisance. I like seeing outdoor dining places and passing by them, it's what keeps the city vibrant. But it's also sad when there is too much outdoor space and it's mostly empty, these places should lose their spots if they cannot fill them and don't have customers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes because diminishing the vibrancy of street dining is sure to start solving the city’s problems.

Be real. There is no vibrancy to empty, ugly, tables in the middle of the street.

The barriers around the “vibrant” streeteries on upper Wisconsin look like they were procured at a rubbage sale in Gaza.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And yet Rosemary's Bistro still maintains its trashy concrete block tented streetery on Connecticut Avenue. Unbelievable!

Bribes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No quicker traffic but you can get covid an extra time or two a year. Just sniffles, until you're 20 years older and on onygen.

Go back to 2021 where you clearly came from.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And yet Rosemary's Bistro still maintains its trashy concrete block tented streetery on Connecticut Avenue. Unbelievable!

Bribes.

It’s the only rational conclusion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really bummed about this. Had lunch at le diplomate outside in one of their chalets last week and it was great. Love having so many more outdoor dining options to stop at when out on a dog walk.

Have you considered not expecting there to be a million places to take your dog out to dinner?

When restaurants are hurting for customers, they should try to accommodate as many as are willing to pay. I don't have a dog, but if it takes dog owners to keep businesses afloat and add vibrancy to teh streets that would be empty otherwise, then so be it. As long as it's not pitbulls or other breeds (unmuzzled)

But probably just as many people who don’t want to eat next to a random dog…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://dc.citycast.fm/food-drink/more-changes-to-dc-streatery-program-2025

I was so happy to see this news that the streatery program is effectively over. Particularly in Georgetown where the street barricades are just so, so ugly.

Let flush all the pandemic-era nonsense and get back to normal!

Go back to Reston.