The State Liquor Authority clarified an earlier ruling limiting alcohol for outdoor dining to seven participants citywide.

Restaurants across New York City can finally begin serving meals to patrons in their sidewalk and roadway eating spaces on Tuesday. They were once a staple of the pandemic, but those outdoor dining sheds disappeared in November as new rules went into effect in the city,

Dining Out NYC allows thousands of approved restaurants to offer outdoor dining along roadways from April 1 through November 29.