Posted Nov 19, 2020, 2:23 AM
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Great news!
Houston OKs plan to let downtown bars, restaurants along Main to serve food and drinks in the street
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Main Street bar owners are expected to take to the streets now that the city has given them the OK.
City Council on Wednesday approved, after some delay, plans for the More Space Main Street program which would close the road to automobiles and allow bars and restaurants to create outdoor seating spaces in the street.
If all goes well, revelers willing to head out could celebrate some Christmas cheer on the road.
The program, which city officials approved as a pilot until March 2022, includes possibly closing Main downtown from Commerce to Rusk, depending on which businesses seek to participate. Rules and regulations for the areas bars and restaurants could carve out on the street are being developed by officials across several city departments, including planning, public works, police, fire and the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.
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Sort of creating a mini 6th St, like Austin, where they shut down the road to allow more pedestrian use. Hopefully they can get this rolled out sooner than later, downtown houston was blowing up. Appears to be about 6 blocks...
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