Cafe du Soleil's Facebook page uploaded a video in early September, showing these protected domes lining the sidewalk in front of the eatery. 

Cafe du Soleil owner Alain Chevreux told Reuters the bubbles caught his eye in July. He paid upwards of $400 per bubble, purchasing fifteen bubbles in total.

 Chevreux said, "families love it. Kids love it. Friends who want to get together love it... It was raining a couple of weeks ago, midweek, pouring, raining. Everybody that was inside those bubbles were having a blast.

"The bubbles could come in handy for the fall time when eateries across Manhattan's Upper West Side; nevertheless, the entire city, will be at the mercy of Mother Nature. Readers may recall, the seasonal shift to much colder temperatures could make outside dining challenging for some eateries.