2 UWS Restaurants Win Grants For Outdoor Dining Setup

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Two restaurants on the Upper West side have been awarded grants to help them "winterize" their outdoor-dining setups.

Here are the restaurants on the Upper West Side that received the grants, according to a Tuesday news release.

• Pappardella: 316 Columbus Avenue
• Seven Hills Mediterranean Grill: 158 West 72nd Street

DoorDash's "winterization" grants are meant to help restaurants bring in business during the winter months while adhering to pandemic restrictions, according to a news release.

The food delivery service partnered with the NYC Hospitality Alliance to offer New York City eateries a total of $500,000 in grant money.

A hundred restaurants were selected.

"We thank DoorDash for their partnership in supporting restaurants and working to ensure that our industry can keep moving forward through this pandemic during the cooler months," Andrew Rigie, executive director of NYC Hospitality Alliance, said in a statement when the program was announced.

"The Open Restaurants program has been a critical lifeline to thousands of small businesses, and giving grants to restaurants to help them weatherize their outdoor dining setups and operate safely indoors will help many restaurants continue to serve their communities during the fall and winter."

Patch reporter Maya Kaufman contributed to this report.