Outdoor dining resumes in Mohawk Valley

Thursday was the first day restaurants could allow outdoor dining as part of Phase 2 of reopening the state.

Td 70s.

Cooling offo near 70 degrees on sday with plenof sun.

Ouoor dining haresumed herein ty ickled down trestaurantowners..s about a crazy 24 hours for restaurant owners and staff.

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Make no mistake-it was good news, but it was followed by much booth moving, table shifting and chair sliding.

Gretchen ellinwood 5:45 nat laughing the governor on wednesday announced outdoor dining could resume today in the mohawk valley region.

It didn't take long for people, sick of three months of living through computer screens, to come out .

None .

None :34 "feels nice to be in the sunshine and be able to breathe" they're back, and as grateful as ever to get back to things that they never thought twice about....til they were taken away 2:27 "it's that socialization and people just need that, man, it's just, everything is so weird and i think the good thing about this happening is i think people really appreciate that time together, that conversation" the chairs ....and the owners' hearts are full 4:50 "we are so community intertwined with just everything happening in the world today, this brings people together of all colors, of all races.

That's what a coffee shop is about.

So to me, this is part of the healing process" 7:34 "well, they told us we could, late last night, i guess, so i figured i'd give it a shot, get people down here.

I haven't been open in two and a half months, so" joe penree, of north utica's top of the morning cafe, tried take out, but it didn't take.

He didn't have outside dining before...but he's giving it a shot now.

Because nearly three months without a paycheck nearly destroyed his livelihood 7:49 "disastrous, like i said, i used all my savings up to keep the place paid up, but now we're reopening and hopefully all our customers will come back" new at six, we'll talk to the owner of ancora, in downtown utica, about scrambling to resume outdoor dining with a day's notice 20:50 "absolute chaos" >