Anger is heard in his voice. While only establishments with a terrace are authorized to reopen in Ile-de-France, the owner of the Saint-Martin's restaurant in the 15th arrondissement of Paris does not take heart. "I am out of my mind," he said, when he had just spent the day disinfecting everything with a view to opening it hoped for next week. “Unfortunately, I don't have a terrace. It has been over ten years that I have asked the Paris city hall to widen the sidewalk so that I can install one. But it has always been denied to me. And there, I pay a high price, I find myself a victim! "He gets carried away.
He wants his municipality above all and not so much the government. "I understand that precautions are still taken for Ile-de-France, even if I can guarantee that my restaurant is super clean," says José Martin, 53.
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If he now plans to start selling takeaways while waiting for the next deadline, June 22, a large part of his six employees will, however, remain on short-time working. “I have had my restaurant for 20 years. Out of the question that I put the key under the door. But it becomes very hard, "he breathes when he is now forced to live on his savings.
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Same despair on the side of Ali and Aïsha Ben Brahim, a couple of restaurateurs who opened his establishment, Ben's Healty Canteen (Paris 17), in September 2019. “On-site consumption corresponded to 50% of our turnover. However, today, we work from 10 am until 5 am to try to make a maximum of orders, but we only manage to make 5-6 per day ", they sigh while they say they continue to "pay rent, utilities and credit." "
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After letting go of two of their four employees, they now say they are "exhausted, completely underwater" and believe that the government is making "a lot of promises but nothing concrete". And to add: “We are thinking of selling but who would buy us? "
