New York City indoor dining resumes at 25% capacity, hours to be extended

Restaurant patrons in New York City finally have the option to hang up their winter gear and come inside for a bite to eat as indoor dining in the city has resumed at 25% capacity.

Indoor dining in NYC to resume Feb. 12 ahead of Valentine's Day

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an earlier restart to indoor dining in New York City on Friday ahead of Valentine's Day.

Cuomo rejects allowing restaurants and bars to stay open late for Super Bowl

The group that lobbies for New York restaurants and bars asked Governor Cuomo to lift a 10 p.m. dining curfew and allow establishments to stay open until midnight but the governor is rejecting the idea.

Should food delivery drivers be considered essential workers?

Food delivery drivers have had to worry not just about COVID during the pandemic, but also about making enough money to provide for their families.

How to score free beer, wings and pizza just by watching the Super Bowl

If your team didn’t make it to Super Bowl LV, there are still three good reasons to pay even minimal attention to this year’s game: free beer, free pizza and free wings.

Cuomo: Counties can vaccinate restaurant workers, cab drivers

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said county officials now have the power to make taxi drivers and restaurant workers eligible for a vaccine. But a day earlier, he slammed elected officials for pushing to vaccinate restaurant workers.

Cuomo lifts indoor dining ban in hot spots; plan for NYC coming Friday

Gov. Cuomo says the state will release a plan by the end of the week for starting to reopen restaurants in New York City for indoor dining.

NYC restaurants say ban on indoor dining is misguided

The mayor and the governor are on the same page about prohibiting indoor dining. But restaurant industry leaders say it just doesn't make any sense.

Pizza Hut introduces a new Detroit-style pizza, available nationwide

Detroit-style pizza is rectangular in size with a thick, crispy crust. Pizza Hut says they’ve spent a year perfecting their new recipe.

NYC Restaurant Week during a pandemic

2021 New York City Restaurant Week will go forward next week with some changes due to an indoor dining ban because of the coronavirus pandemic.

NY allows indoor dining again in hot spots following lawsuit

Restaurants in some COVID-19 hot spots in New York can once again offer limited indoor dining, the governor's office said Thursday.

Yelp will indicate how well restaurants enforce masks, social distancing

In a blog post published Tuesday, Yelp announced it will prompt users to say whether or not they observed restaurant staff wearing masks and observing social distancing.

Laid-off chef starts nonprofit kitchen on Long Island

The folks at Carroll's Kitchen, a nonprofit, cook and deliver well-balanced, nutritional meals across Long Island. People who can pay can order from the website.

Artists turning restaurants' outdoor dining spaces into works of art

The pandemic has limited the way artists can display their works, but one program is pairing them with local restaurants, allowing them to transform outdoor dining spaces into works of art.

NYC restaurants start selling frozen dinners

Now many New York City restaurants are not only offering hot meals but also frozen dinners.

Pandemic and now cold weather batter NYC restaurants

Last New Year's Eve, Bella Luna on the Upper West Side seated more than 200 people. This year, it hopes to seat 20.