Restaurants were rallying for a return of on street dining in Boston’s North End, holding a banner reading, “If you want a reservation for outdoor dining in the North End, call City Hall at 311.”
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DECISION.
SHARMAN THEY DID, THEY PROTESTED
AND THEY HANDED OUT PIZZA.
AND NOW THEY WANT PEOPLE TO
START COMPLAINING TO THE CITY’S
311 LINE.
THAT’S THE LINE YOU CALL WHEN
YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT A POTHOLE OR
GRAFFITI.
RESTAURANTS RALLYING FOR A
RETURN OF ON STREET DINING IN
THE NORTH END, THEY HELD A
BANNER READING IF YOU WANT A
RESERVATION FOR OUTDOOR DINING
IN THE NORTH END, CALL CITY HALL
AT 311.
WE’RE REACHING OUT AND EXTENDING
AN OLIVE BRANCH AGAIN TO THE
MAYOR TO SIT DOWN WITH US.
THE MAYOR SAYS IT DOESN’T WORK
HERE, CITING NARROW STREETS,
FOOT TRAFFIC, LACK OF PARKING
AND COMPLAINTS.
ONE RESTAURANT OWNER WHO LIVES
HERE DOESN’T BUY IT.
THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THE
CITY HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT ARE A
FALSE NARRATIVE.
SOME OWNERS ARE SUING THE CITY,
ARGUING THEY’RE BEING UNFAIRLY
TARGETED.
WE HAVE ITALIAN AMERICAN RUNNING
ITALIAN AMERICAN RESTAURANTS AND
AN ITALIAN AMERICAN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE LIKE TO KNOW WHY IS IT THAT
MAYOR WU AND SHE SAYS SHE HAS
VERY FOND MEMORIES OF THE NORTH
END.
GIVE US THE THE MAYOR SAYS WE’RE
IN THE MIDST OF LITIGATION
BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS HAVE HAVE
BEEN CLEAR IT CANNOT WORK IN
THIS VERY UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD
UNLESS THERE’S A PRETTY SPECIFIC
SOLUTION FOR IT.
AND WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET
THERE, GIVEN THE LITIGATION.
OUR PATIO IS COMPLETELY PRIVATA,
SO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE LIKE
YOU’RE LIKE IN A LITTLE SQUARE
IN ITALY AT PORCELLO’S
RESTAURANT IN THE NORTH END, THE
OWNER HAS A PRIVATE PATIO.
HE HOPES THERE CAN BE A
SOLUTION.
SOON.
FOR THOSE WHO AREN’T AS LUCKY, I
RESPECT THE CITY DECISION.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY SOON WE CAN
FIND, UH, WE CAN FIND, LIKE, A