With COVID-19 restrictions changing to allow up to 50 people to gather outdoors, we checked in with some well-known local spots offering outdoor events, deals on takeout or continued local night specials.

Cross Cut Warming Hut No. 5: Snag locals' day deal on Tuesdays, get $1 off all drafts, all day long. Snuggle up by a heater or fire pit while waiting for grub.

Bridge 99: Trivia is back and outdoors! Keep an eye on the weather for potential cancellations, otherwise mask up, dress warm and enjoy specials on pints, prizes and food truck grub.

River's Place: Offering outdoor eating, drinking, trivia and fire pits to help keep you from going stir crazy this winter. Outdoor TVs, so you never miss a game and brunch trivia every Sunday.

Boneyard Beer: Patio is open with four fireplaces and several patio heaters. They're also offering Locals Day deals every Wednesday featuring $1 off "Crowlers" and pints, $2 off Growlers and pitchers for only $15. Takeout and delivery on beer and food available.

Bevel Brewing: Open for outdoor dining with a covered tent, fire pits and tabletop heaters! Free delivery in Bend and pick-up options available. $4 beers and ciders every Tuesday and $2 off growler fills on Wednesdays. Grab some grub from the food trucks!

Worthy Brewing: Currently only open on the weekends for drinks on the patio. No food, but $4 pints every day they are open, all day long.

Silver Moon Brewing: The upgraded patio provides plenty of space. Locals' night is still on every Monday featuring $3 pints of their core lineup beers and $4 pours for barrel-aged brews. Trivia returns on Thursdays and Bingo on Sunday mornings with brunch.

On Tap: Over 30 tap handles, delicious food trucks and beer garden with a view. To keep patrons warm, they have a newly enclosed covered patio with heaters, two large outdoor fire pits and a lawn to sprawl and play outdoor games. Locals can enjoy $1 off all drinks all day long on Mondays.

Initiative Brewing: Redmond's Initiative Brewing has a great outdoor dining space with fire tables and pits to keep you warm. While they had to suspend their weekly trivia, they are still offering tons of great eats and brews.

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With temperatures finally coming down all across the state and health experts saying that outdoor dining is a better option to reduce your risk of contracting COVID-19, now is the perfect time to get out and enjoy the cooler weather on the patio at your favorite restaurants. Here are the 15 best outdoor dining options in and around the Valley.

Chelseas Kitchen in Phoenix offers a wide variety of savory Southwestern dishes all cooked to order on a wood burning rotisserie and grill or in their exclusive smoke yard. The restaurant has a stunning tree-covered patio and outdoor fireplace, making it the perfect place to eat now that temperatures have started to drop.

With games like ping pong, cornhole and foosball available to play at any one of their six Arizona locations, Culinary Dropout is one of the most fun places to go for a bite. Most locations are open air, which means theres no shortage of patio seating. Enjoy live music from local bands or catch a sports game on the TVs while enjoying delicious cocktails and good, homestyle food such as meatloaf, soft pretzels with provolone fondue or fried chicken.

O.H.S.O. is a restaurant, nano-brewery and distillery with locations in Gilbert, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Arcadia. All locations are home to huge dog-friendly patios with games like cornhole and ping pong to keep you busy through the afternoon and into the night. O.H.S.O. has a rotating selection of their own original beers, plus they serve all of their own house-distilled spirits: Arcadia flavored vodkas, D.i.C.K. and J.a.N.E. fruit-flavored whiskeys and #Vodka, Gin and Rum.

Famous for their mix and match bruschetta boards, Postino Wine Cafe is a great option for patio dining this season. Each of their nine locations offers an intimate outdoor dining area complete with low-slung couches and cozy fire pits. Postinos has a rotating wine list with over 30 bottles to try, as well as a full menu of charcuterie, bruschetta, sandwiches and salads.

LONs at the Hermosa Inn.

Surrounded by the Phoenix Mountains, LONs at The Hermosa Inn is the all-in-one spot for outdoor dining. The restaurant has a globally inspired Arizona cuisine, with a new Chefs Tasting Menu being offered each week and an on-site sommelier. Decorated with rustic ironwork and an adobe fireplace, LONs is a stunning place to have brunch, lunch or dinner any day of the week.

Considered one of the first fine-dining restaurants in Tempe, House of Tricks comprises two historic homes connected by a communal deck and outdoor patio bar. The houses serve as the dining rooms and kitchen. Each side has their own al fresco dining area in addition to the shared space in between. House of Tricks offers a seasonally-inspired contemporary American menu, as well as a wide variety of refreshing cocktails.

Located within The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, the patio at Gertrudes offers gorgeous desert scenery as the backdrop to your meal. Described as a reserved oasis setting, Gertrudes seasonal menu of Arizona-inspired dishes and rotating selection of local and regional spirits is sure to inspire you.

The patio at Press is the perfect place to catch up on work or catch up with friends. All nine Valley locations serve coffee made from beans roasted locally at their original Phoenix location, The Roastery, as well as breakfast sandwiches and avocado toasts. Press Coffee prides itself on being a community focused business that supports both local Arizona charities and coffee farmers all over the world.

With a happy hour menu for every aspect of the restaurant, Kasai Japanese Steakhouse in Scottsdale is a great place to gather with friends on the spacious covered patio. The patio dining section features a mix of low and high-top tables, as well as heaters for chilly nights. The menu at Kasai includes sushi, teppanyaki and Asian fusion appetizers and entrees.

Pedal Haus Brewery has locations in both Tempe and Chandler, each with their own dog-friendly patio. Both locations host a Sunday Funday event every week featuring bottomless brunch and specials on wings, beer, wine and cocktails. The Chandler location has live music every Sunday between 1 and 4 p.m., while the Tempe location boasts NFL Sunday Ticket on over 40 screens.

Although PHX Beer Co. has locations in Phoenix and at Sky Harbor Airport, their Scottsdale location is the place to go for great patio dining. Located alongside Marguerite Lake, the generous patio looks out onto a stunning green belt and the lake itself. PHX Beer Co. serves 15 of their own original beers, brewed locally inside their Phoenix location, as well as a full menu of creative takes on classic American bar food.

Family owned and operated since 1986, U.S. Egg has six locations in Scottsdale, Tempe, Phoenix and Chandler each with their own gorgeous patio for you to enjoy. Strictly open for breakfast and lunch, U.S. Egg is famous for their protein pancakes, as well as their traditional breakfast options, deli-style lunch sandwiches and creative brunch cocktail menu.

VooDoo Daddys Steam Kitchen is a locally owned and operated Cajun, Creole and Caribbean restaurant in Tempe that focuses on bold flavors and a fun atmosphere.The New Orleans-style patio is home to live jazz music every Friday and Saturday night from 6 8:30 p.m. Their menu includes Big Easy favorites like poboys, gumbo and etouffee, as well as a number of craft cocktails.

Originally opened in Brooklyn in the 90s, Grimaldis now has eight locations in Arizona serving their signature coal-fired brick oven pizza. Every Grimaldis location has an expansive stone patio where you and loved ones can split a fresh pizza pie or enjoy a glass of wine from their extensive wine list while enjoying the gorgeous weather. Be sure to try something from their seasonal menu, including red velvet cheesecake and chicken alla vodka pizza!

Located in the tiny community of Tortilla Flat, Arizona, the Superstition Restaurant and Saloon has opened their patio seating early so that visitors can enjoy the beautiful weather with views of the Superstition Mountains. Be sure to try their famous Killer Chili and original prickly pear BBQ!

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The COVID-19 virus has brought some changes to restaurants, especially in Bowman, according to the owner of Windys Bar and Grill.

The newest will be an outdoor patio on the south side of the building on South Main Street in Bowman.

It will add almost 600 more square feet of seating, according to owner Drew Henderson.

We hope to get it finished within the next month or so... weather permitting, he said, adding he doesnt know how much use they will be able to get out of it during the winter months. That is why we are kind of up against the clock.

It is going to be open but somewhat sheltered, Henderson explained.

The area will provide additional seating for his patrons but will be limited to adults over the age of 21, he said. There will be a glass door and there will also be a surveillance system monitoring the area, he explained. We wanted to work with the city and the police department and work within their guidelines.

There will be an exit only available on the patio, with customers needing to enter the area through the bar.

We are going to make it accessible to people 21 years or older. Id love to have it opened up to anyone, but it is just not feasible at this time. It will be closely watched. There will be adult beverages that will be allowed on the patio, he explained. We will be utilize it for seating and we might utilize it for some outdoor events such as cornhole tournaments. We might use it for seating for music where they could be out there listening.

It could be a place where customers could enjoy the weather when it is a nice day next year, the owner added.

With the county listed as at moderate COVID-19 risk, restaurants will be limited to 50 percent of capacity, according to Henderson. Once the patio is completed, it will be adding more space for the customers.

This spring, we will be able to start utilizing it, he said. It will also add natural lighting into the bar through the glass door, which will connect with the patio. This will increase natural lighting and I think, increase the mood.

We are just trying to stay competitive in the market, he added. We have a good menu. We have a good product.

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The Creamery, located at 918 Timber Place in New Lenox, has applied for a special use permit that would allow it to expand its parking lot, reconfigure its drive-thru lane and create a new and larger patio.

The request comes as the future widening of Laraway Road project interfering with The Creamerys current patio and drive-thru lane. It was brought forward for a first read at Mondays New Lenox village board meeting.

Its new parking lot will extend further east into the grass area, which The Creamery currently owns, but does not utilize. The intergovernmental agreement states that the landscape buffer yard and parking lot island variances would not negatively impact the character of the area.

The new patio is planned to be a little over 1,700 square feet and to the east side of the building. It will have a 25-inch concrete patio wall. The new patio will eliminate a parking lot island in the current parking lot, but the expansion of it keeps The Creamery up to village code.

Before it is approved, it will have to come back to the board with a full detailed site plan.

Were hoping that things are going well over there, Mayor Tim Baldermann said at the meeting. I always notice a pretty good line going around. I know youre certainly appreciative of people supporting you during these times. Its always nice to see businesses expand in our community.

It will be brought back for a second read at a future village board meeting.

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Sheepskin blankets, open-flame heaters and $12,000: How Farmhouse Tavern winterized their patio by building a barn

After eight years, Farmhouse Tavern finally has its own barn. The Junction Triangle restaurants new outdoor patiobuilt shortly after the province shut down indoor dining for a second time this yearis an appropriately rustic shelter, featuring element-blocking wood walls and a sloped roof, sheepskin throws on every seat and open-flame heaters between tables to keep diners warm. We spoke with owner Nancy Thornhill about the restaurants fast-paced barn-raising, and how she plans to keep things cozy (and delicious) throughout the cold winter months.

In the summer, Farmhouse Taverns patio fit 27 people, but it was uncovered and unheatedmeaning the restaurant was planning to depend on seating guests inside throughout the winter. But when indoor dining was, once again, shut down on October 9, Thornhill knew she needed to winterize the patioand fast. Thornhill enlisted construction and masonry firms to build what theyre calling The Barn. They did the work for about $12,000 in just three days. The Barn can seat 27 physically distanced patronsthe same number as the original patiobut sheltered from the elements. A corrugated steel roof has yet to be built. When that happens, were going to have a barn raising, Thornhill says, but well stagger the party so we dont have too many people.

As with many restaurants that have new, pandemic-friendly patios, Farmhouse is planning to get thematic with their winter menus, mapping out seasonally themed snacks and drinksthink mulled wine and maple syrup snow candyto get patrons into a festive mood once the snow starts to fall. One of Thornhills big ideas is raclette, the oozy Alpine dish that involves melting cheese over potatoes, charcuterie and anything else that goes well with cheese. Each table might have their own raclette grill, Thornhill says, which will actually generate even more heat to keep people warm.

Thornhill says Farmhouse will resume indoor dining as soon as the Ontario government says they can. But shes taken taken steps to ensure the restaurant is making money even in the event of further restrictions: shes now selling pantry items such as house-made ketchup and barbecue sauce, shes turned part of the space into a small bottle shop, and theres Farmhouse-branded merch for customers to bring home with takeout orders to enhance their at-home dining experiences.

Thornhill took over ownership of Farmhouse Tavern in July, and will celebrate her six-month anniversary in January by offering $6 menu items. Shes also partnered with Romero House, a charity down the street, to provide brunch service for two families that use Romeros services each weekendon the new patio, if they like. Theres research that shows that kids who sit together with their families for a meal once a week are more successful, she says. So I thought, well, thats simple. We can offer that.

Farmhouse Tavern, 1627 Dupont St., 416-936-8547, farmhousetavern.ca

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This is a fully furnished, recently renovated first floor apartment in a three-unit historic Bloomingdale rowhouse. A perfect location in the heart of Bloomingdale across from The Red Hen and all of the neighborhoods restaurants, bars, bakeries, and shops. You cant beat the location. Two blocks from Crispus Attucks Park and walking distance to Shaw and NoMa Metros and the 80 and G8 bus lines.

Great light with east-facing living space, open floorplan, hardwood floors throughout and well-maintained. Kitchen has stainless steel appliances, gas cooking, and a pantry closet. There are two bedrooms and one and a half baths. The second bedroom is furnished as a home office with large sofa. Enjoy time outside on your private balcony when relaxing or working from home.

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Enmoladas with fried eggs and queso fresco at Xochi

It all felt so normal, sitting out on the sun-dappled patio at Xochi on a recent Sunday afternoon.

Late-season roses popped from the lushly planted esplanades edging Discovery Green, silver-tipped grasses waving in the breeze. Children skipped alongside their parents on the way to the park. The musical chink of ice cubes rang from cocktail shakers wielded by some of the best-trained servers in the city.

The familiar staff faces were masked but recognizable, welcome crinkling at the corners of their eyes, nine months into Houstons complex dance with the pandemic and exactly a month since Xochi reopened after closing in March.

Guests were masked, too, as they entered and moved to their tables. So were the families passing by on the sidewalks; and the parking valets on the corner of McKinney and Crawford, near one of the entrances to the downtown Marriott hotel where Xochi lives, who took my car cheerfully, even when I explained to them I didnt have any cash for a tip.

Next time! said a guy who whizzed away on an electric scooter to marshal his forces.

1777 Walker, 713-400-3330.

Dinner & happy hour: 4-9 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 4-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Brunch: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.

With only plastic in my pocket, I hadnt come prepared. I had already scoped out a Day of the Dead brunch that morning but passed it by when I saw the throng clustered outside. Too crowded for me, even outdoors. These days, I am seeking venues where outside tables are set apart; where theres good ventilation, lots of room and a staff well versed in safety procedures.

Xochi where I ended up on a sudden impulse filled that bill, and then some. The long, covered patio space running alongside McKinney Street had high, louvered ceilings, two rows of tables set reasonably apart, including a goodly number of two-tops for small parties. Ceiling fans churned the breezes let in on all sides.

It felt safe, unfriendly to COVID aerosols.

Not to mention that the setting was handsome, all dark woven chairs and tiny tabletop cacti and weatherized blinds rolled up to reveal the dazzling view. That verdant view alone could bring me here, so rare and welcome in a city where patio views often run to parking lots edged, if youre lucky, with a few plucky perimeter plantings.

I drank in all that sun and greenery, clutching my three, count them, three disposable paper menu sheets as if they were some rare and precious copy of the Dresden Codex. Ive always felt a bit overwhelmed by all the pages one gets at a Hugo Ortega establishment. Theres the regular menu, the happy hour menu, the seasonal special event menu, holiday menu on it goes, a cavalcade of choices.

Today, after nearly a year away from Xochi, I reveled in the options. Restaurants under chef Ortega and restaurateur Tracy Vaughts HTown group go long on service, allowing you to pick and choose a la carte from their various bills of fare, a civilized gesture. So I picked items from the brunch menu, that weekends Day of the Dead slate and their Houston Food Bank benefit $20 brunch menu.

I even ended up with some off-the-menu escamoles, those pearly, cushionly little orbs that are the Mexican answer to caviar. They arrived with lots of painterly drama: poised on black-corn tortillas, against glossy black plates and bursts of color: marigold, purslane, watermelon radish, bright green salsa albail.

Savoring the dish, after long months of home pantry cooking, I felt like a grownup again as if there were a world out there, full of mysteries, in which I might participate again some day.

A world full of miracles, too, like Carlos Chino Serranos latest cocktails. Its always difficult for me to pass up Serranos exquisitely balanced and beautiful Garden of the Pit, in which Mezcal and Oaxacan gin meet elderflower and lime, tinted in a dark flush of activated charcoal and tortilla ash, capped by snowy egg white and charcoal calligraphy.

But Serrano had an autumn surprise dreamed up, too: an as yet unnamed combo of Mezcal, cognac, Pimms, date pure and lime. Its warm ocher shade was echoed on the underside of its coupe glass by a dusting of turmeric with the Xochi name picked out in relief. I kept forgetting not to get my fingers in the turmeric, which was part of the entertainment for me, although I suspect this decorative detail may be in for retooling.

So captivating was this cocktail that the couple seated across from me inquired about it, and they ended up ordering one, too. It was one of the little social exchanges restaurants foster that made me feel like a part of the world again, too.

Ive been missing oysters in my seclusion, so I ordered a half-dozen of the wood-fired Ostiones al Lujo with a crackle of buttery bread crumbs and yellow mole lighting up the marine flavors, and a bed of magenta-tinted salt to set them off visually.

I wanted greens. They arrived in the theatrical form of ensalada de calabaza, in which a smoked squash (!) dressing outlined dark lettuces, apple slivers and crescents of roasted squash, with caramelized walnuts and blue cheese for pop. Dang, it was good.

So were my enmoladas, an elemental enchilada variant in which the tortillas were simply rolled in dusky pasilla-chile mole and folded up alongside sunnyside eggs with queso fresco, a shaved beet cornet, slabs of caramelized sweet plantain and a toasted hoja santa leaf as adornment. A simple basic idea in an elegant guise, one of the hallmarks of Ortegas cooking.

I even got a couple of items from the Day of the Dead menu to take out for later. Most spectacular was an Angus rib-eye grilled medium-rare, sauced with Xochis stirring mole negro and escorted by a knotty pan de muerto, its sweet dough swirled with a huitlacoche glaze.

That was the kind of brilliant idea that has always kept me eager to see what Ortega and his gifted team will dream up next.

It made me thrilled all over again to be in Houston, on the patio of one of the citys best restaurants, and for the moment fully alive.

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Alison Cook - a two-time James Beard Award winner for restaurant criticism and an M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing award recipient - has been reviewing restaurants and surveying the dining scene for the Houston Chronicle since 2002.

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Beausoleil has been a Baton Rouge staple for years. New owner and local restaurateur Stephen Hightower wasnt going to let that change.

When the restaurant closed for several months this summer and Hightower took ownership, his City Group Hospitality team quickly got to work. And when it reopened last week, diners got their first glimpse of the reimagined restaurant.

City Group renovated the inside and expanded the patio area along the right side of the buildings exterior. They renamed the restaurant Beausoleil Coastal Cuisine and reinvented the menu to match. While many of the original beloved menu items are still served, Hightower and his team decided to focus more on seafood.

Coastal cuisine allows you to work with a lot of food, Hightower says, from the French coast to the Italian coast to our coast.

At the raw bar, that includes crudo, oyster shooters and a Seacuterie Board of smoked fish and fresh sashimi. Elsewhere on the menu, youll find truffle-fried oysters, a lobster roll, a fried flounder sandwich, and entrees like a hearty cioppino accented with squid ink linguine and fennel cream sauce. For the meat lovers, dont pass up the Beausoleil Burger with caramelized onion jam or the bone-in butter-cured ribeye entree with foie gras and black garlic compound butter.

And in the spirit of its other projects like City Pork and Rouj Creole, City Group has revamped the restaurants interior with a design thats at once polished and fresh.

We figured wed put our City Group Hospitality spin on things, Hightower says. We just wanted to give it a fresh new look.

The first noticeable change is the spaces brightness. The rooms have been painted white to allow natural light to bounce off the walls. Chairs and booths have also been upholstered with a fresh green color to up the vibrance of the rooms.

The most eye-catching feature, however, is the raw bar. Located to the right of the entrancewhere the restaurants original, compact bar area once wasthe colorful, airy space greets diners as soon as they arrive. It has been opened up to offer more bar seating and a glass window providing a view of the oyster prep. It offers a bit of entertainment to anyone seated at the bar, and its metallic finishes, globe pendant lights and green-tiled countertop help modernize the space.

Local artist Ellen Ogden custom-painted much of the art in the restaurant, including a mural of pearlescent oysters and paintings inspired by Louisianas pre-pandemic festivals.

Keeping with this theme, Cajun cooking memorabilia and decor cover the walls, including antique dinnerware and vintage-style art.

The new patio is fenced in and offers a nice, quiet space to dine with elegant, white-tablecloth-dressed tables, wicker chairs and a large umbrella for shade.

It was a natural move, especially with the pandemic, Hightower says of the outdoor seating. It gives people a comfortable, safe space.

Beausoleil may have a new look, but the atmosphere of community and tradition is still the same.

Beausoleil is at 7731 Jefferson Highway and is open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

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As indoor dining remains a restricted pastime, longtime LA restaurants Nate N Als and the Apple Pan built outdoor seating this week. These iconic spots are the latest restaurants to convert outdoor spaces for dine-in guests, a now-regular adjustment to accommodate customers during the coronavirus pandemic.

West LAs Apple Pan converted a parking lot behind the restaurant into an outdoor dining space with 13 picnic tables and umbrellas. Customers will order at a takeout window on the side of the restaurant. Beverly Hills 75-year-old Nate n Als built a patio space with 15 tables in front of the restaurant. The patios tables are divided by barriers.

Its especially good news for Nate N Als after its future became uncertain over the last few years. In 2018, it was rumored the family planned to sell and potentially close. A group of LA celebrities saved it. Nate N Als closed in March, then reopened in May.

Seating at both restaurants is first come, first served with the same classic menus.

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Since August, local business Mike Ds BBQ, owner Michael De Los Santos (Mike D) and his wife Gloria, have been featured on the new Discovery Channel series, I QUIT. Over the course of one year,I QUITfollowed six sets of hopeful entrepreneurs as they leave their steady incomes and retirement plans behind, going all-in on their dreams of launching their own businesses. Along the way, they were mentored by three successful business leaders who have each built empires of their own Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify, the global commerce platform powering more than 1 million businesses around the world; Debbie Sterling, CEO of the award-winning childrens multimedia company, GoldieBlox; and Tricia Clarke-Stone,entrepreneur, author, innovative marketer, and co-founder/CEO of the award-winning creative and tech agency, WP Narrative_.

Mike Ds BBQ is an award-winning line of signature BBQ sauces and all-purpose dry rubs. The business is the result of a long process of Mike refining his sauces and rubs to meet his desired flavor and then share it with the world. In 2009, a spicy version of the sauce was entered into a competition for amateur sauce makers in North Carolina. The spicy BBQ sauce came in3rd placeoverall and 2nd in its division. Since that time, friends and family encouraged Mike to take his product from the backyard to the masses.

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