7 Lower Manhattan Restaurants Win Grants For Outdoor Dining

LOWER MANHATTAN, NY — Seven restaurants across Greenwich Village, the West Village, and other parts of Lower Manhattan have been awarded grants to help them "winterize" their outdoor-dining setups.

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

• Bessou: 5 Bleecker Street
• Cafe Kitsune: 550 Hudson Street
• Chama Mama: 149 West 14th Street
• The Chubbyhole Bar: 281 West 12th Street
• Gradisca: 126 West 13th Street
• Madam Ji Modern Indian Restaurant: 154 Bleecker Street
• Suprema Provisions: 305 Bleecker 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.