The Great Outdoor Dining Debate - a podcast by WNYC

A group of New Yorkers filed a lawsuit to keep New York City's Open Restaurant program from becoming permanent, as the mayor has already announced. Chief among the concerns: noise, lack of street space for parking and biking, and rats. Listeners call in and talk about whether they're for or against outdoor dining as a forever addition to New York City's culinary landscape, and how the program could be improved.  

Should NYC make the Open Restaurants program permanent, or should outdoor dining go the way of to-go drinks, a pandemic exception + not a forever addition?What modifications could make the program better?Restaurant workers, diners, frustrated neighbors, call in: 212-433-9262

— The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast (@BrianLehrer) October 25, 2021

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