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"It's just for friends": diving into the world of illegal restaurants

2021-01-22T20:07:34.524Z


INVESTIGATION - For several months, restaurants have been quietly welcoming customers, despite the restrictions. A phenomenon closely watched by the authorities.


Resistant.

The word is out: on his Facebook wall, Gérard * does not take a glove.

In a photo showing him surrounded by friends in a restaurant where we see customers leaning on the bar, in the middle of January, and while these establishments are supposed to be closed, the man does not care about the rules in force.

In "

free France

", these restrictions do not have to be, he scoffs.

The old people are resisting.

And it's not over,

”warns the retiree.

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Like Gérard, the French have been pushing the doors of these famous “

underground restaurants

every day

, since the reconfinement at the end of October.

Under the cloak, these professionals welcome a few customers, discreetly, ignoring the ban on welcoming consumers in the dining room.

A risky gesture, that restaurateurs have agreed to tell us.

Difficult to say, at first glance, how many establishments are concerned: in essence, restaurants receiving customers do so as discreetly as possible, hoping

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Source: lefigaro

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