Our long, winter nightmare is over. Lets eat.

Restaurants around Boston are hauling patio furniture out of storage, mixing up pitchers of sangria and putting oysters on ice. As temperatures creep from the 50s into the 70s (yes!), nobody wants to eat inside anymore.

We keep our patio open year-round, and a few die-hards use it, but its really the Sox opening day that kicks off our season, Eastern Standard general manager Andrew Holden said. All of a sudden were pouring tall drinks on ice and glasses of rose; oyster and shrimp cocktail sales are way up.

From Back Bay to South Boston, through Cambridge and Somerville, more and more patios, porches and decks are seating diners. At Forum, next to one of the marathon bombing locations, general manager Chris Loper is excited to begin a new season on a new patio.

I dont think theres much emotional baggage here, were mostly excited to be out of a deep freeze, Loper said. Were ready for bowls of mussels to share, drinks and people-watching in one of Bostons best spots. Were ready for a good time.

It wasnt long ago that spring celebrations were trapped behind glass, out of the April breezes. But things have slowly changed over a decade.

Neighbors were worried about whooping and hollering, people jumping into the harbor, Salty Pig co-owner Mike Moxley said. But good owners and operators have proved to the city that this works. Its good for the city and transforms neighborhoods, giving them a European feel.

The biggest transformation in the past decade has been in the Seaport District. Once a patchwork of modest seafood joints and industrial piers, the neighborhood has become a dining hot spot full of hip bars, steakhouses and two Legal Sea Foods restaurants Legal Test Kitchen and Legal Harborside. Legal president and CEO Roger Berkowitz has had a hand in the makeover.

We saw with our patio at the Charles that outdoor dining is a magnet, he said. The sights and smells and activity brings people in. The trick was not getting into the neighborhood too early or too late, but I think we came at the right time. Now alfresco dining on the waterfront is jump-starting the whole area.

Hopefully, more neighborhoods will see the economic impact and buzz outdoor dining brings. After all, we have only six months before groan were stuffing that patio furniture back into storage.

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Spring today, gone tomorrow!

The drastic swing in temperature in Ottawa Monday had many enjoying outdoor patios, going for a run along the Rideau Canal and procrastinating.

"Its so nice we are supposed to be studying but we are not, we can't stay inside its ridiculous, said one young woman.

Its been a crappy winter its nice to be out running again, said a jogger.

The temperature in Ottawa reached a high of 25 C, but Environment Canada says it will drop to 6 C by Monday night and -3 C by Tuesday.

Rain, freezing rain, and even snow are in the forecast for Ottawa and much of Eastern Ontario, according to Environment Canada.

Motorists are being advised to be prepared for hazardous winter driving conditions due to low visibility and deteriorating road conditions due to freezing rain.

More seasonal temperatures are expected by the end of this week.

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City council voted to reduce patio fees by 10 per cent, as a good faith gesture to local businesses on Wednesday.

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Restaurants that install patios on city sidewalks are currently required to pay $1.37 per square metre per day. That fee has now been reduced to $1.23.

That flat rate is still higher than the fees charged in Toronto, where businesses pay between $0.14 and $0.57 per square metre per day, depending on the location and type of business, according to a report by city staff presented to council.

City staff are still conducting a review into the fees and expect it to be completed before spring 2015.

Patios are expected to bring in over $600,000 in revenue for the city, according to the report.

City revenue from patios in 2013 was higher than expected, due to an increase in the number permits issued. That was mostly because of patios now being permitted on Elgin Street.

Even with the 10-per cent reduction, city staff say that revenue should be above what was originally forecasted as long as the number of permits hold steady.

This isnt the first time the city has reduced patio fees.

In 2011 it launched a pilot project that cut fees on Preston Street to 43 per cent of the standard fee, or $0.55 per square metre, per day. Only two new patios were created during the two-year project. One of those the owner applied for and the city approved before fees were reduced.

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