“If you can’t sell enough food and booze, try marketing the toilet,” writes The New York Post in pointing to an innovative trend in the restaurant business. The new-found cash can be as much as $3K-$5K per week, making a big dent in the rent for places like the rooftop restaurant at Hotel Chantelle on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
“Slammed by soaring costs for food, labor and rent, New York’s bars, restaurants and nightclubs are using a growing crop of third-party apps and services to rent out their dining rooms, coat-check areas and even their bathrooms to make extra cash.”