New Yorkers are dining out in droves, bringing the city back to life.
There’s just one problem for restaurants: This return is a weekend-only special, leaving operators to scramble to make up lost revenue during the week.
“New Yorkers seem to be fine eating out on Friday and Saturday,” said Ned Baldwin, who owns the restaurant Houseman in Hudson Square, just west of Soho. On those nights, he said, the restaurant feels like 2019.
But all goes quiet during the week. Houseman is closed on Mondays, and “Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are abysmal,” he said.
Steve Zagor, a restaurant consultant, said that this had been a familiar refrain among clients.
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