It’s last call for city bars; takeout-only for eateries

The city that never sleeps is all but shutting down at night.

Mayor de Blasio on Sunday night ordered entertainment venues to shut their doors and restaurants to only serve takeout and delivery to contain the burgeoning coronavirus outbreak in the city.

The mayor took the “drastic step” in an executive order, effective at 9 a.m. Tuesday, decreeing that all nightclubs, movie theaters, small theater houses and concert venues must close, while restaurants, bars and cafes can no longer serve dine-in customers.

“Our lives are all changing in ways that were unimaginable just a week ago. We are taking a series of actions that we never would have taken otherwise in an effort to save the lives of loved ones and our neighbors,” de Blasio said in a statement.

Earlier Sunday de Blasio ordered city schools shuttered for at least a month, after days of mounting pressure.

“Now it is time to take yet another drastic step. The virus can spread rapidly through the close interactions New Yorkers have in restaurants, bars and places where we sit close together. We have to break that cycle,” he said.

De Blasio expects to make the order official Monday morning.

“This is not a decision I make lightly. These places are part of the heart and soul of our city. They are part of what it means to be a New Yorker,” he said. “But our city is facing an unprecedented threat, and we must respond with a wartime mentality.”

“We will come through this, but until we do, we must make whatever sacrifices necessary to help our fellow New Yorkers,” de Blasio said.

The mayor also postponed the Queens borough president race due to the outbreak.

The measures come as top city elected officials earlier Sunday called on de Blasio to implement a lockdown along the lines of ones in France and Spain — a move the mayor suggested could come “very, very soon.”

The city announced 329 confirmed cases of coronavirus and five deaths as of Sunday.

“We are in a state of emergency and we must move quickly to mitigate the impact of coronavirus/COVID-19 on our city,” Council Speaker Corey Johnson said in a statement. “All nonessential services must be closed, including bars and restaurants. We should keep essentials like grocery stores, bodegas, pharmacies and banks open.

“And restaurants that can make deliveries should be able to stay open to provide delivery service for New Yorkers,” he added.

The plea came before de Blasio announced the city was closing all schools until April 20, effective Monday. Senior centers will also be closing down and offering only “grab-and-go meals,” the mayor said.

In a pretaped interview that aired Sunday morning on WABC-TV, de Blasio insisted a lockdown would be a drastic step.

Pressed on the issue at his news conference, de Blasio insisted “I don’t want to be at the point of saying literally no one can go outside.” But, he added, “We may say that very, very soon.”