Restaurants and bars like North Park Beer Co. set up temporary outdoor dining structures during the COVID-19 pandemic. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz San Diego’s climate is famously comfortable almost year ...

Not all outdoor dining structures and outdoor seating are created equal. This outdoor wooden structure has no mechanical ventilation. It measures 23.6 feet long, 8.7 feet wide by 8.2 feet tall.

But I don’t think we’ve gone far enough. Here, in the spirit of me doing my part to help end this pandemic, are some new ideas for outdoor dining structures we could all feel great about using: 1.

These outdoor dining structures have popped up along Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side as well. At least three sides are enclosed often with plywood, and sometimes the fourth side is a ...

Experts say that, when properly ventilated, outdoor structures can be a reduced-risk dining option.

NEW YORK CITY — Update: New York has reversed course on a restaurant-bathroom ban after overnight backlash, the mayor’s office said. Original story:Outdoor diners in New York City cannot go i… ...

The outdoor dining structures at Peaches Kitchen and Bar in Brooklyn include sustainable power sources. courtesy of Alfresco NYC. For example, Peaches Kitchen and Bar, ...

The outdoor dining structure at Lowerline, a Cajun restaurant in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Stephen Yang for the New York Post.

Starting Saturday, Aug. 3, which is the deadline for businesses to apply to keep their existing set-ups or start taking them down, new city rules on the dining structures will kick into effect. Wit… ...

Some structures may be relatively safe, others could be worse, trapping aerosols inside Seating in outdoor structures isn’t always safer than indoor dining. Here’s why.