Restaurants Lure New Yorkers to States With Fewer Restrictions
- Nearby New Jersey, Connecticut still allow indoor dining
- More than 8,000 New York restaurants closed due to pandemic
New Yorkers banned from dining inside their neighborhood restaurants are crossing state and city lines to get a bite to eat as temperatures turn frigid.
Restaurateurs are taking notice. To persuade diners to visit their other locations outside New York City and make up for lost sales in the dining capital, business owners are offering promotions and shifting workers to New Jersey, Connecticut and other parts of New York state.