The Governors’ Office has announced that Effective Monday, April 19, the curfew for bars and restaurants will be changed from 11pm to midnight. The curfew for catered events will move from midnight to 1am.
An EATER magazine article reports that “’The curfew extension is a step in the right direction,’ says Andrew Rigie, the executive director of the NYC Hospitality Alliance, but there are still other regulations that restaurateurs and bar owners would like to see removed. ‘The extra hour is good news for restaurants, bars and customers, but we need to also lift the rule that prohibits customers from being seated to eat at a bar in NYC, and revisit removing the requirement that a ‘food item’ be served with a drink”