Pandemic nostalgia? Trendy NYC bar opens Tuscan style 'wine windows' for take ... trends now

Please Tell Me in Brooklyn will serve wine-to-go through a hole-in-the-wall It follows a trend set in Italy where the historic custom returned during Covid New York also legalized take out alcohol during the pandemic to keep bars afloat

By Miles Dilworth For Dailymail.Com

Published: 06:47 BST, 15 April 2024 | Updated: 06:47 BST, 15 April 2024

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There aren't many things we enjoyed about the pandemic.

But the relaxation of outdoor drinking rules might be one of the few.

And now a trendy New York bar has opened up with a built-in 'wine window', where punters can order alcohol-to-go in a nod to Covid era liquor laws.

Please Tell Me in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has borrowed the concept from Tuscany, where 'buchette del vinos' were used in the 1630s when the plague was rife.

The 'hole in the wall' wine windows began reappearing in Italy during the pandemic to ensure customers observed social distancing.

Please Tell Me in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will serve wine-to-go through a hole-in-the-wall

It has borrowed the concept from Tuscany, where 'wine windows', known as buchettes del vino, were used in the 1630s during when the plague was rife, before returning during Covid

Please Tell Me owners Austin Woolridge (left) and Eric Griego (right) are part-time DJs

But the move proved popular and the windows stayed open, inspiring the New York bar to follow suit.

Owners