‘Very Sydney’ ban on standing while drinking outdoors is set to end | michaelkoziol
If you’ve ever been ordered to sit down while enjoying a drink or snack at one of the city’s al fresco dining areas, that’s likely to change.
But there is now a push to get rid of those rules. Liberal councillor Lyndon Gannon – a former bar hand who has plans to open his own rooftop venues – is proposing to scrap the requirement, and Clover Moore’s bloc is supportive of the move. If successful, central Sydney pubs may also start to look like those in London, where it’s customary for office workers to mingle outside – while standing – on a summer evening.
She said the council was now reviewing the policy to make it a permanent and retrospective feature. “We’d love to see bars and restaurants introduce tall tables in outdoor areas to allow more space to eat and drink outside,” Scully said. It has been a rough few years for punters who like to stand and drink; NSW Health was famously stringent about banning “vertical consumption” in bars and pubs as a COVID-19 measure.Scully said the City of Sydney recently approved more than 440 applications for al fresco dining across the CBD and high streets. It will also take a $2.5 million budget hit from waiving outdoor dining fees in 2022-23 as an ongoing relief measure for the beleaguered hospitality industry.
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