Streetery – Maplewood, New Jersey (2020)
Whether called a parklet or a streetery, street parking has been given way to allow for expanded outdoor dining. The use of linked pop-up tents created sizeable areas in the right-of-way where larger structures would not fit.
Here the block is lined by one to three story storefronts along Maplewood Avenue with the historic Tudor-style architecture typical of the town. Coda Kitchen and Bar is located here at 177 Maplewood Ave. Outdoor dining structures were setup on the street alongside traffic flowing past.
The prominent pub on the left side of the street is St. James’s Gate Publick House, a traditional, family-owned Irish pub recognizable by its classic dark storefront, hanging Guinness signage, and Irish and American flags. Here too the outdoor dining parklet is covered by several tents, with Jersey barriers interspersed with traffic control devices.
The striped awning visible on the right belongs to The Village Trattoria at 161 Maplewood Ave. This view captures the long line of outdoor dining tents extending down the street toward St. James’s Gate and Coda Kitchen and Bar, showcasing how the entire block was converted to accommodate street-level dining.
Finally we went back toward the intersection of Maplewood Avenue and Inwood Place. The building with the dark burgundy awning is Kim’s Nail Salon at 181 Maplewood Ave. Right next to it on the corner is 183 Maplewood Ave, which features a dark storefront wrap. Further down the block, you can see the blue dining canopies lining the street in front of Coda Kitchen and Bar.