Food & Drink

The city asked a Northern Liberties group to cancel an on-street dining event after an Old City man pulled out a gun during a fight over social distancing.

An altercation over mask-wearing alarms Philadelphia business districts considering street closures to allow expanded outdoor dining.

Servers, bartenders, chefs and other restaurant workers have mixed feelings after Philly officials said indoor dining would likely remain closed until at least Aug. 1.

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With the resumption of outdoor dining, the town's mayor said that open alcohol consumption is over.

On Friday, neighborhoods from Old City to Northern Liberties to Baltimore Avenue were buzzing with diners excited to emerge from coronavirus hibernation.

Get ready for a proliferation of sidewalk cafes.

Pennsylvania will open nearly two dozen of its state-owned liquor and wine stores Friday as it continues to loosen coronavirus-related restrictions.

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday evening to allow indoor dining beginning on June 15, a move in direct violation of New Jersey executive orders.

A group of volunteers are curating the list, which is being constantly updated.

“We’re here 24 hours,” Sulimay’s owner Chad Todd said. “I sleep above the restaurant, I come down and I do what I can to help people in need, that’s it.”

Despite getting the green light from Gov. Tom Wolf, Philly Mayor Jim Kenney says restaurants must wait on outdoor dining until the city has protocols in place.

As coronavirus restrictions are eased, some restaurant owners are seeking to welcome back in-person dining, but in a way that adheres to social distancing rules.

Delaware restaurants will be able to add more outdoor seating to serve more diners during Phase 1 of reopening in June, but that won’t be a long-term solution.

That hesitancy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak could muffle any recovery from what has been the sharpest and swiftest economic downturn in U.S. history