Save Ridgewood Outdoor Dining

Outdoor dining has been one of the best things to ever happen to Ridgewood. Have you seen how lively and energetic the streets of downtown Ridgewood are in the spring, summer and fall months? Residents have the option to dine Al fresco and make incredible memories with their friends and loved ones in the open air. Removing this experience will drastically damper the charm, community-feel and energy that residents and visitors have come to experience here in Ridgewood over the last few years. The benefit for residents is only one aspect. Removing outdoor dining will cut a critical amount of revenue to our local businesses and restaurant owners. These are the same people who had to shut their doors, limit capacity, lay off their staff and adapt to weekly changes in laws and regulations during the peak of Covid. Many restaurant owners are still trying to get back on their feet and make up for losses. Outdoor dining allows our own restaurants the ability to thrive and provide incredible service to the residents and visitors of the village of Ridgewood. Unless we are willing to offer them an alternate solution, removing outdoor dining is simply not an option. Let’s face it. Outdoor dining in Ridgewood was an incredibly successful experiment. There is no data or factual information to suggest taking it away. Residents are happy. Restaurants are thriving. The village is better for it. Oh and one other thing. Every time I drive by the parking garage, I see the digital led board showing more than 100 spots available, even on peak times like weekends. Losing 18 parking spaces is not a valid concern. There is ample parking in the village of Ridgewood.

This would be such a great everlasting attraction to the downtown of Ridgewood!

It is lovely to be able to enjoy a nice meal & some fresh air

Outdoor dining is such a great option for Ridgewood. Why not sit outside and enjoy the town around you. Please keep it in place.

Keep the outdoor dinning in Ridgewood. It’s a no brainer!

You need to continue outdoor dining, everyone in the town and outside the town enjoyed it so much, also great for all the restaurants that suffered economically during Covid. This town arranges for so many outdoor family activities, so it just seems ridiculous to discontinue al fresco dining.

We need to help places like Steel Wheel recover from covid!

I have lived in Ridgewood for many years and have a business in town. I feel that we should keep the outdoor dining corrals. We can certainly require restaurant owners to maintain the are to Mayor Knudsen’s standards. I believe they add an energy to the town that draws more visitors.

I support outdoor dining.

Love outdoor dining. Why not keep it now that the weather is getting warmer?

Save the outdoor dining !!

Love Ridgewood eateries

Please keep outdoor dining open.

Restaurants suffered enough through this pandemic. Why not help your community thrive as opposed to taking away any chance they have of getting back at least part of what they lost?

Outdoor dining in Ridgewood attracts customers to local businesses and supports the local economy. It also serves as a great reason to attract new residents and increase property values.

Save it!

It would be a shame to lose outdoor dining in Ridgewood. For the residents, visitors and the restaurant owners.

Keep the outdoor dining! Its the only good thing we got from the pandemic.

Al Fresco is a tradition around the world. Keep it alive in Ridgewood pls.

Dining al fresco is sacred ... enough said.