New York City’s restaurant industry grapples with easing vaccine rules

Many welcome the change as a return to normalcy' that will support restaurants and bars, but others worry it's too soon

Tyler Hollinger, owner of Festival Cafe, a farm-to-bar cocktail cafe" in New York City, said he recently started learning Brazilian jiu-jitsu because of physical altercations with visitors who are unvaccinated against Covid-19.

The reason for the fights isn't that Hollinger is a crusader for the city's requirement that people show proof of vaccination to sit inside at bars and restaurants.