4 Washington Heights Restaurants Win Grants For Outdoor Dining

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Four restaurants across Inwood and Washington Heights have been awarded grants to help them "winterize" their outdoor-dining setups.

Here are the restaurants in Upper Manhattan that received the grants, according to a Tuesday news release.

• El Jefe Eatery Group: 186 Dyckman Street
• Forever Yours Falafel Bar: 502 West 167th Street
• Mamajuana Cafe: 247 Dyckman Street
• Semicolon Cafe: 9 Edward M. Mogan Place

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.