Early last week, as the Greek letter “omicron” spread across New Yorkers’ lips, the city’s hospitality firms braced for cancellations.
“I had three parties call in two days,” said Istvan Nagy, the owner of Side Door and One Lenox, in Midtown East.
Those parties, on the larger side, all canceled. But, Nagy said, the calls then stopped. He said it’s a sign that companies, families and friends are persevering with December get-togethers in some form despite the headlines about the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
This year’s holiday parties are not quite bringing pre-pandemic 2019 business to the city’s restaurants and venues. The main difference, operators say, are
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