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Outdoor dining in 'bubbles' at the The Brasserie in Camillus Servers bring food to a table inside one of the plastic bubble tents set up for outdoor dining at The Brasserie Bar & Bistro in Camillus' Township 5. Food on a table inside one of the bubbles set up for outdoor dining at The Brasserie Bar & Bistro in Camillus' Township 5. Two of the plastic bubbles set up for outdoor dining at The Brasserie Bar & Bistro in Camillus' Township 5. Four plastic bubbles set up for outdoor dining at The Brasserie Bar & Bistro in Camillus' Township 5.
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These igloo-like structures have popped up at Erik's Church in Windham and Mast Landing Brewery Company in Westbrook, where patrons can stay "warm and safe" while dining. A group of friends dine in a “bubble” at Erik’s Church in Windham. Owner Kenny Cianchette has dubbed the outdoor experience “Santa’s Pub.” Emily Bader / Lakes Region Weekly WINDHAM — Dining “bubble tents” – clear plastic, igloo-like tents – are popping up at restaurants as a way to keep diners safe and cozy as temperatures drop. Erik’s Church in Windham and Mast Landing Brewing Company in Westbrook are two of the latest restaurants
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Enter the bubble at Lucciola. We’ve all been living in bubbles for months, and now our metaphorical isolation is becoming a real phenomenon at local restaurants — bubbles are hot new seating structures at multiple Upper West Side joints. The first one to get publicity for the craze was Cafe du Soleil on Broadway and 104th Street. Our story about those bubbles was followed by similar pieces in national and even international outlets. Others are getting into bubbles too. At Lucciola, an Italian spot on 90th and Amsterdam, a large bubble (above) has also been attracting diners. They got it on Amazon and it has the
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Cafe du Soleil’s Space-Age Seating Is a Hit: ‘People Want Their Bubbles’ By Carol Tannenhauser Big, plastic bubble tents, with tables and chairs and happy diners inside them, line the sidewalk in front of Café du Soleil, on Broadway and 104th Street, like life-sized ornaments. “The customers love them,” owner Nadine Chevreux told WSR. “They feel cozy. If it rains or it’s cold, there’s no problem. They’re not specifically for COVID, they’re just regular bubbles. My husband got them on a website. There are openings on both sides, so they’re not enclosed. This is gonna hold us until it’s really cold.”
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What Even Are Those Outdoor Dining Bubbles? -Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images, Bubble Tents - Alvantor® The pandemic has upended the way New Yorkers dine out: There are sidewalk tables, open streets, streeteries, and barely anyone eating indoors. Now, as the weather gets colder, there are also plastic bubbles out on sidewalks, too. A video of the dome-shaped tents on a West Village street went viral this week, prompting questions of how safe they are, not to mention just what they are. Bubbles of various sorts have shown up around the country since restaurants began to ease into this new, strange era of dining out.