Eating outdoors in parklets has become a big part of the Bay Area dining scene. It's one of the many ways the pandemic has changed our lifestyle, and in San Francisco, that change is now coming with a price.
Starting next month, a new permit system will put a hefty price on those parklets. Business owners will need to cough up $2,000 a year for every parking spot taken up by a parklet."Oh yeah, we wouldn't have made it. It pretty much saved us," said Alexander, owner of Papito Hayes in Hayes Valley.
"Oh they love them," said Alexander."Even after COVID, I'd say, except for the cold days, 80% of the customers like sitting outside.""The pandemic program will end on March 31st and this new permanent program will take over on April 1st," said Robin Abad Ocubillo, director of Shared Spaces. "We need to provide ways for our paramedics and our firefighters and law enforcement and other first responders to get easily from the street to the sidewalk, to maybe service an emergency or a fire in a building," he said.
"I live in a suburban area so, for me, I do think parking is a concern," said restaurant customer Richard Weng.
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