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As restaurateurs sweat out Mayor Bill de Blasio’s stubborn resistance to indoor service, owners of places with alfresco seats are coping with unaccustomed challenges — from pop-up thunderstorms to out-of-control vehicles crashing into dining areas. And, in a highly competitive environment, they’re also coping with malicious rumors possibly spread by competitors. The tale has been …

Chopped cheese — hold the cheese. A bodega-inspired vegetarian and vegan sandwich shack has opened in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The 140 Plymouth St. space is the first permanent home for Vodega, which had operated as a pop-up and caterer since April 2019. “We have anything that you’d find at a New York bodega, turned vegan,” Vodega …

On Monday, Page Six reported that famed Southampton restaurant 75 Main — owned by Zach Erdem — had lost its liquor license because of violations of pandemic safety measures. Now we’re told that Erdem’s other restaurant, Blu Mar, has also lost its license for similar offenses. Erdem tells us that both restaurants are still open …

City restaurateurs reacted with shock and disbelief to Mayor de Blasio’s lack of urgency to reopen eating places indoors — an industry that employs over 300,000 people and is an indispensable part of the Big Apple’s social and business fabric. More than 1,000 of the city’s 25,000 sit-down eateries have closed since the start of …

Another New York institution has fallen victim to COVID violations. After Cipriani Downtown and Nello both lost their liquor licenses for flouting pandemic rules, now Page Six is told that longtime Hamptons hotspot 75 Main has also had its license pulled for violations related to COVID regulations and underage drinking. The restaurant tells us it’s …

Upper West Side restaurateurs struggling to survive COVID say the city did them no favor by moving hundreds of homeless men dealing with drug addiction into the neighborhood just as outdoor dining was getting underway. Now, in addition to making sure customers and staff are happy and safe, eatery owners also have to worry about …

What a Cloister f - - k! The East Village’s Cloister Cafe has been denied a temporary restraining order that would have reinstated its liquor license after it was suspended by the State Liquor Authority for allegedly committing a number of COVID-19 violations. Applying for the order, the bar, run by Nick Drobenko and Provocateur’s Mike Satsky and …

Pepperoni prices are reportedly skyrocketing because of the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has forced meat processors to “streamline” operations and hampered their ability to produce pepperoni, leading to higher prices for small pizzerias around the country, according to Bloomberg News. Charlie’s Pizza House in Yankton, South Dakota, for instance, is now paying $4.12 a pound for …

Celebrity chef Thomas Keller is permanently shutting down his eatery TAK Room at Hudson Yards, as well as his Bouchon Bakery location there. The restaurant opened March of 2019 to some rave reviews. The Post crowned the TAK Room burger as the best in town (“bliss-on-a-bun”) last October. But Keller told Page Six in a …

It’s been two weeks since a botched charity concert featuring The Chainsmokers drew the wrath of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and struggling Southampton restaurateurs say they’re still paying the price. Eatery owners in the posh beach town say they’ve been fielding visits from an array of state and local officials as often as twice a day …