Broadway and restaurants are back after historic blizzard, but not everything is normal
From the looks of Times Square, a bustling New York City is back following an historic blizzard to start the week.
The storm forced the shutdown of all Broadway shows for two days in a row.
"We didn't have power up until last night so we were excited to be able to come in and enjoy the show still," said Old Bridge, New Jersey resident, Alexandria Jackson.
Jackson and her sons made it to see "Hamilton" after traveling from Old Bridge.
"I'm excited. We were really looking forward to this day, and he's been waiting to see this show," Jackson said. "It opened just in time. It all worked out for us for the best."
A group of coworkers traveled from New Paltz to catch the Broadway show "Chess."
"This snow is nothing. We come from upstate," Mary Underwood said.
"They actually did a great job in cleaning it up. We were here on Monday and I'm so impressed with how fast this has been cleaned up," Nicole Swanander said.
Around the corner at Times Square, it was a slower night for vendors.
Vendor Ana Churio is hoping it will turnaround.
"I'm waiting. I'm waiting for the people coming and the business come back," Churio said.
A few blocks away in Hell's Kitchen, the fryer is back on at Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine, but the crowd is smaller.
"Seeing it this way, it's not really normal on a Tuesday," said Chef Basil Jones of Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine.
Bri-Asia Davis, who is from Westchester, is celebrating her aunt's birthday at Jasmine's after she became one of the millions of Americans who had their flights canceled or delayed.
"My vacation did get canceled. I had a flight to St. Martin and it got canceled due to the storm," Davis said.
Although public schools and Broadway are back open, transit and flight disruptions are expected to linger.
