On September 30, New York City restaurants reopened indoor dining for the first time since March. Here, one Vogue writer reviews the experience.
As I approached the hostess stand at The Odeon, I got asked a question I hadn’t heard in awhile: “Would you like inside or out?”for the first time since March. It’s a pandemic milestone, and a sign that the city is recovering a key part of its culture. Yet it’s possible this triumph will be fleeting: Mayor DeBlasio has said if infection rates rose above 2 percent, he’d immediately reassess the indoor-dining decision.
My server came up to the table. “Would you like still or sparkling,” she started to say, before an abrupt pause. “Oh! I gotta fill something out for you first.” She then proceeded to ask, and write down, my full name, telephone number, and email on her notepad. I’d been wondering about this part: unlike outdoor diners, indoor diners need to consent to contact tracing. That seemed hard to enforce:? Turns out, the process was basically the same as taking an order.
Eventually, the restaurant did become part of my world, not just my bosses’, with its blaring orange-red sign, Art Deco design details, and Hopper-esque interior. As both a professional endeavor and a point of pride, I’d go there every few months during the packed lunch hour to talk shop over a niçoise salad or French Onion soup. And several of my colleagues would be there too, doing the exact same thing.
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