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'Celebrations after field goals and touchdowns, that would be the only thing we could maybe try to control a little better,' Soho owner Jay Manno said.

BUFFALO, N.Y. It appears Playoffs on the Patios was a success on Chippewa Street.

Fans got to sit at socially-distant tables and watch the Buffalo Bills beat the Indianapolis Colts 27-24 in an AFC Wild Card game on Saturday afternoon.

2 On Your Side spoke with the owner of Soho Burger Bar, who was very happy with how it turned out with about 300 people.

"All in all, it was good, clean fun, and very COVID fun," Jay Manno said. "Celebrations after field goals and touchdowns, that would be the only thing we could maybe try to control a little better.

"It wasn't bad, it wasn't by any stretch out of control. You can see on some of the video, some people jumping up and down without face masks on."

Manno is hoping to do it again next weekend for the Bills playoff game.

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LANSING, Mich. Michigan ban on indoor dining isn't going away quite yet.

"We're working on a path to allow indoor dining at restaurants with safety measures such as mask requirements, capacity limits and a curfew starting on Feb. 1," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said at a press conference on Wednesday. The ban was slated to end on Jan. 15.

Joe Bell, owner of The Peanut Barrel in East Lansing, is trying to remain optimistic.

"She wants us to have a little more time to prepare this time than she gave us the last time," Bell said.

But he's adapted the restaurant's patio to be more comfortable for people dining outside.

"We bought the heaters in September, and we put them out in early October," he said.

Bella Williams has been dining outside despite the cold and plans to continue.

"I don't really mind eating outside as long as it's convenient and safe," Williams said.

In the meantime, Bell says he plans to get his restaurant ready for indoor dining again.

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Indoor dining is off the table until Feb. 1, but patios are flourishing, even in a Michigan winter - WSYM-TV

SALT LAKE CITY Baby, it's cold outside.

Yes, while eating outdoors became a more popular option in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, which can spread more easily in confined spaces, the cold winter weather has largely quashed that possibility in Salt Lake City. Largely but not entirely.

Some Salt Lake restaurants have patio heaters that keep the space usable throughout the year. And with the pandemic still raging throughout the state, eating outdoors in comfort might be a welcome option for Utahns wary of traditional indoor dining. It also brings more business to restaurants that desperately need it after a punishing year.

A disclaimer: Just because a patio is heated doesn't mean it won't still be cold if it's, say, 25 degrees outside. So contact these restaurants individually to see exactly what kind of heater is warming what size of space, as well as to check the availability of patio seating on any given night. Sometimes propane runs out, patios are booked up, or restaurants decide it's just too cold some evenings to seat outside.

And while we know there are lost of great patios in the greater Salt Lake area, this map only includes ones within the city limits. If there are any eateries we've omitted here, feel free to let us know at news@ksl.com.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) After months of shutdowns, restaurant owners of Soho Buffalo and Rec Room tell News 4, it felt good to get staff back to work and customers back at their outdoor tables. Now, with the Citys permission, they should be able to continue this for next weeks second home playoff game.

The Mayors Office with the Reopen Buffalo plan, did extend the patios through May, said Owner of Rec Room, Chris Ring. So all our paperwork is in there. All our insurance is there. So well basically do this kind of thing moving forward through May with the Citys approval, he added.

According to the citys Special Events department, if a restaurant has never submitted an application for this type of event, they need to reach out as soon as possible to get all required paperwork in by Monday, January 11th, 2021. For any business previously approved, like Soho and Rec Room, they just need to confirm their plans with the Special Events Division.

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A patio heater that cost $150 on Amazon back in late 2019 had soared to $699 a year later, one of hundreds of products the online marketplaces sells whose price surged during thecoronavirus pandemic, according to a consumer advocacy group.

In ananalysisof 750 products sold on the platform, U.S. PIRG Education Fund found that 409 items saw prices jump more than 20% in 2020, while 136 at least doubled in price.

The spikes largely involved items viewed as necessities during the public health crisis, including surgical gloves, eye goggles, toilet paper and cough syrup. Across 15 product categories examined by U.S. PIRG, the highest price increases ranged from $13.10 to $4,000, with patio heaters showing among the 10 largest price jumps.

In the past year, 61% of patio heaters sold on Amazon increased in price by at least 20%, and 45% at least doubled. The highest jump was $549, from $150 to $699. Other products that saw similar spikes include oral thermometers, disinfection wipes and hand sanitizers. (See U.S. PIRG chart below.)

"Our research throughout the pandemic has revealed massive price spikes on Amazon listings," U.S. PIRG stated.

"It's not meant to imply that this is true in all cases only to reinforce the point that these price hikes can't always be blamed on heightened demand," Grace Brombach, a consumer watchdog associate and author of the study, told CBS MoneyWatch last week.

"We believe Amazon has the technology and resources to combat this," Brombach said of the company, which reported record sales of $96 billion in the third quarter of 2020, a period that saw its profits tripling to $6.3 billion from a year earlier.

Amazon acknowledges that the pandemic has boosted demand and plumped up its profits as millions of Americans stepped up their shopping online. But the company said it has both the automated and the manual means in place to ensure prices are fair to consumers.

"Our systems are designed to meet the best available price amongst our competitors," an Amazon spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch in an email. "Sellers set their own product prices in our store. We have a long-standing policy against price-gouging, have processes in place to proactively block suspicious offers and monitor our store 24/7 for violations."

Amazon blocked or removed more than 39 million offers and suspended more than 13,000 accounts for attempted price gouging last year and referred the most egregious offenders to federal and state law enforcement, according to the spokesperson.

Amazon has worked with more than 40 state attorneys general to prosecute bad actors, and the company supports the idea of creating a federal price-gouging standard, he added.

Retail analyst Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData, faulted U.S. PIRG for focusing exclusively on Amazon in its latest report and not looking more deeply at pricing changes on other big venues for third-party sellers like eBay and Walmart. "You have to look across the whole industry to be fair," he said.

Its report released last week built on earlierfindingsreleased in September that found escalating costs on Amazon while "prices on the same product from Walmart, Target and others remain(ed) largely unchanged," the group stated, acknowledging it had not looked at other retailers in its most recent analysis.

The price of essentials like toilet paper and hand sanitizer did go up, partly due to companies dispensing with offers and deals to discourage volume buying amid product shortages, Saunders explained. "Prices are often determined by supply, demand and underlying cost factors," he said.

Saunders points out that "no one is forced to buy anything," a sentiment echoed by U.S. PIRG's Brombach, who said: "Our biggest advice to consumers is to shop around."

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It was a season like no other, says Libby Page, senior fashion market editor at Net-A-Porter, of SS21. With hardly any live catwalk shows, a handful of private appointments and many livestreamed events, SS21 fashion month was the most unusual on record. The fashion industry is certainly in crisis but its not all bad. For some, the pandemic gave pause for thought, with blockbuster brands like Gucci deciding to opt out of the show calendar for good as part of a commitment to sustainability. For others, like JW Anderson, who streamed a delightful video of cut-out paper models in a box, it was a chance to get more creative. Others still paid tribute to the heroes of 2020, using key workers as muses and donating collection profits to charitable causes. Not only did designers outlooks change; so, too, did ours. What do we want from our clothes now? Practicality? Comfort? Fun? Our customers habits over the past year have changed, explains Page, with a shift away from trend-driven items and into shopping with a purpose. So what does this mean for your wardrobe? Several aesthetic moments emerged from this most unprecedented of seasons: from serotonin-boosting joy to a grown-up move on from loungewear via escapism in the form of dreamy romance and beach-bound pieces, SS21 threw up trends which suit our current WFH lives while looking towards a more hopeful future. Were looking forward to celebrating the weddings, events and parties that will roll over to next year, says Heather Gramston, head of womenswear buying at Browns. The cult retailer is spotlighting dancing shoes from Paris Texas and Mach & Mach, and disco-ready dresses from Paco Rabanne and Rotate. There is a growing sense of optimism and we will continue to celebrate how fashion can lift the spirits and spread joy, adds Natalie Kingham, global fashion officer at Matches Fashion. Read on for the four key trends to come out of the most unexpected fashion month to date. Happy Wardrobe, Happy Mind Reasons to be cheerful were few and far between in 2020. Designers sought an antidote to the never-ending doom and gloom by injecting a healthy dose of serotonin into their collections. Good cheer was the order of the day, whether it was through joyful casting see Michael Halpern spotlighting frontline workers and Christopher John Rogers employing his roster of muses or rainbow hues and playful prints, as seen in The Elder Statesmans tongue-in-cheek tie-dye and Molly Goddards zingy hues a real tonic. We saw a sea of bold, bright colours in a multitude of fabrics and textures, says Page. We bought over 3,000 joyful dresses for SS21, including an exclusive sunshine yellow rendition from TOVE, and 500 lady in red options. Bring on mood-boosting clothes that add a little fun to our everyday lives. Grown Up & Grounded We may have embraced coordinating loungewear last year but for 2021 were looking to feel a little more put together. This neednt mean abandoning comfort; on the contrary, designers introduced easy styles and soft-touch fabrics which suit WFH life while allowing us to employ some sartorial structure. We love The Rows slouchy silhouettes and Proenza Schoulers take on dressed down knitwear, says Page of the SS21 offering. For Kingham, labels like Lauren Manoogian, JW Anderson and Khaite are providing the foundations for a timeless wardrobe which equips you for the new normal. Think refined knitwear, soft but smart trousers and failsafe basics like oversized shirts and loafers to see you through the working day. Heres Your Getaway If the most that 2020 threw at you was a cancelled holiday, youre one of the lucky ones but either way, were all dreaming of far-flung places. Sure, were not certain when well next don a bikini or roll out a beach towel but if looking to a more hopeful (and sunny) future is a healthy coping mechanism, count us in. Designers perfectly captured escapism through colour, texture, and prints even literal takes on under the sea at Versace, says Page. Etros Baja-inspired bucket hats and matching swimwear had us dreaming of sundowners on sandy beaches, while Michael Kors seaweed-green gowns, Altuzarras platform sandals and Rixos 60s-inspired beach cover-ups are crying out to be worn with plenty of SPF and a pair of oversized shades. Safe international travel is still out of reach but imagining our sun-soaked wardrobe for a future getaway is something we can do right now from the comfort of our homes. Romance Rebooted From cancelled weddings and socially distanced dates to the sheer domesticity of lockdown, there was little room for romance to flourish in 2020. 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The Playoffs on the Patios Bills game day event on Chippewa is already a huge success. 8 hours after announcing that Chippewa would be partially closed off to traffic, for 260 Bills fans to cheer on the team together, safely outdoors, the event sold out. Chris Ring (Rec Room), who organized the undertaking with Jay Manno (SoHo), told me that he never would have thought that people would respond the ways that they did.

I cant believe how fast people signed up to be a part of this, said Ring. I probably have 800 texts and emails from people who didnt get reservations for this particular game day event. People are excited about watching the Bills together it was a huge response, and something that were ready for. Jay and I have years of experience in the entertainment and restaurant business, so we will be reaching all expectations.

Ring also told me that there were originally talks of holding this event in another part of WNY. A friend of Jays called us and mentioned the idea for an event to possibly be held in Williamsville. We asked if we could host it on Chippewa, and he was cool with that. We were lucky because the Mayor had extended summer patio licenses though May, with the thought that we might be able to have a Christmas market. But then we went to orange, and nothing happened. But we had the paperwork filed with the City, and the all of the approvals in place. All we had to do was rent the tables and chairs, and the video walls.

While Rec Room is currently closed, this event is a shining light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel. We tried the take-out angle during the pandemic, explained Ring. But we were losing money. We ended up closing. Now, with 260 people, with proper social distancing (67 tables 8 feet apart), its worth it. We can get tax revenue generated for the City, put people back to work for a little while, and 260 Bills fans who couldnt make it to the game will have something to really cheer about.

Ring is confident that everything will go according to plan on game day. If everyone behaves (and as the Bills win), we will be looking to get approval for future games.

It is interesting to note that this game day exercise on Chippewa was always one of the overarching visions for the original street closure concept, which unfolded as the pandemic took hold. This past summer, I dont think that anyone could have imagined that the Bills would be kicking so much butt, and that Chippewa would be in line for such a game day frenzy in January. Sometimes, when the stars are aligned there are many stars in this case we see greatness arise.

Once the pandemic is over, it would be amazing to see this same sort of street party held throughout the year, with even more players, for all sorts of celebratory occasions.

No matter where you find yourself this coming Saturday, be sure to take all necessary pandemic precautions. Remember to Celebrate Safely!

Newell Nussbaumer is 'queenseyes' - Eyes of the Queen City and Founder of Buffalo Rising. Co-founder Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts. Co-founder Powder Keg Festival that built the world's largest ice maze (Guinness Book of World Records). Instigator behind Emerald Beach at the Erie Basin Marina. Co-created Flurrious! winter festival. Co-creator of Rusty Chain Beer. Instigator behind Saturday Artisan Market (SAM) at Canalside, Buffalo Porchfest, and Paint vs. Paint. Founder of The Peddler retro and vintage market on Elmwood. Instigator behind Liberty Hound @ Canalside. Throws The Witches Ball at Statler City, the Hertel Alley Street Art Festival, and The Flutterby Festival.

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In addition to the roughly 120 people they can safely have inside the brewery, management said the patio is a big help for those who not be ready to sit indoors yet.

DULUTH, Minn.- While reopening their indoor seating per Gov. Tim Walzs loosened restrictions Monday, Bent Paddle Brewing in Duluths Lincoln Park neighborhood also unveiled their new patio seating.

Patio Camp as they call it is a pet-friendly, heated patio covered in a tent from Frost River down the street. Heat lamps warm the 20-24 people that can sit socially distanced.

In addition to the roughly 120 people they can safely have inside the brewery, management said the patio is a big help for those who not be ready to sit indoors yet.

A lot of folks with everything thats going on are feeling safer in spaces that are outside versus inside, said Pepin Young, Director of Taproom and Retail Operations.

Having additional capacity helps a lot with cutting down on two things. One: lines outside as well as spacing and social distancing within the space, he said.

Young adds that they will continue making improvements to Patio Camp; they hope to install infrared heating to the roof and extend the deck to allow for more seating.

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Heading down the vineyard lined, gated entrance with Yountville lying just to the north, you start to get a sense that you have arrived. The stunning valley floor setting welcomes you with a beauty of a true craftsman home, surrounded by the neighboring vineyards, that envelope the entire property, including grand views of the Stags Leap Mountains over the pool. As you enter, you appreciate the workmanship and open floor plan, with attention to built-in details and amenities at every turn. Enjoy the grand parlor with fireplace, an office, a guest wing, 2 elegant Master Suites, each with their own sitting area. The views of the grounds and surrounding vineyards are intoxicating from every room. As you wander the 3 acres of manicured grounds and gardens, beneath a variety of majestic trees, you come to the water tower guest cottage. Continue past the tennis court, raised garden beds, fruit orchard, two-story barn, detached garage and greenhouse. Rarely a property like this avails itself.

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The actual cause of the fire remains "undetermined"

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WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) Fire investigators say theyve pinpointed where the deadly house fire in Warren started on New Years Day.

Cassie Gray and her five-year-old son, Otto, were killed in the fire at their home on Woodland Street.

Her husband and other son, Simon, were able to make it out alive.

Warren Fire Chief Ken Nussle says investigators believe it started on the exterior back side of the house on a patio next to the sunroom.

Nussle says there was a plastic tote in the area containing ashes from the fireplace and cigarette butts that were discarded during a family gathering the night before.

That is the area where the fire originated. The investigators have not ruled out that the actual cause was cigarette butts but they have not ruled that is the cause, but that is definitely the area of origin. It originated on the exterior of the house on that back patio, Nussle said.

Nussle says investigators werent able to locate any working smoke detectors in the home.

I just think this is just another painful reminder of the importance of smoke detectors. They are so important and I would recommend getting smoke detectors with lithium 10-year batteries in them instead of a 9-volt, Nussle said.

The actual cause of the fire remains undetermined.

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