New Curbside Wilmington Outdoor Dining Options Available Beginning This Weekend

From the City of Wilmington:

September 4, 2020

West Side/Union Street restaurants join eateries in the Downtown and Trolley Square districts to offer additional dining options

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki is pleased to announce the latest expansion of the “Curbside Wilmington” initiative as increased outdoor dining options come to the City’s West Side beginning this weekend. Initially, four eateries along North Union Street – Eclipse, Merengue House, Dead Presidents, and Milk & Honey – are expanding outdoors on sidewalks and former parking spaces directly in front of their establishments, with more restaurants along the Union Street corridor to be added soon.

This latest expansion of the successful “Curbside Wilmington” effort is the result of a partnership between the City of Wilmington, West Side Grows Together, and The Committee of 100. The original, ongoing “Curbside Wilmington” project, launched in June with the help of Downtown Visions to aid businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage patrons to return to the Downtown District over the summer, expanded to the Trolley Square/Forty Acres neighborhood the weekend of August 14-16 with “Dining on Delaware.” “Curbside Wilmington” and “Dining on Delaware” enable local restaurants to offer more seating at safely spaced distances in accordance with Governor John Carney’s guidelines.

“When we began ‘Curbside Wilmington’ back in June, I said then that I hoped to see this new business re-opening model applied to other restaurant districts in the City,” said the Mayor. “We saw this a few weeks ago with ‘Dining on Delaware’ in Trolley Square, and now I’m very pleased to announce the expansion of this effort to the Union Street corridor. As we all struggle to adapt to the new environment that COVID has produced, I hope you’ll enjoy wonderful food, served by dedicated wait staff at our outstanding West Side restaurants. Special thanks to Sarah Lester of West Side Grows Together for her invaluable leadership in expanding Curbside Wilmington to westside businesses.”

“We are looking forward to enjoying the beautiful weather outside on Union Street this Fall,” added Lester. “Please join us in supporting our anchor small businesses as they adapt and expand to safely serve more customers. Thank you to the City of Wilmington and all of our partners who made this possible. Stay tuned for more to come.”

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