Gastronomy in particular is badly affected by the corona virus crisis - some have already given up. Now a cult restaurant from Munich is drawing drastic consequences.
- The corona virus continues to dominate life in Munich.
- With an urgent request, restaurateurs can surprisingly serve their guests until 10 p.m.
- Many hosts are still dissatisfied with the current situation .
- A well-known restaurant in the middle of Munich has now pulled the rip cord .
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Update from May 31, 3:30 p.m .: The Park Café in downtown Munich has decided not to be open to its guests. The Park Café also announced the drastic decision of the cult restaurant in Munich's best location on Facebook . There the reactions of the community are clear. The majority of users show great understanding for the decision, but are sad at the same time. For example, a user writes: “Are you absolutely right ! Even if it's hard ... ". Another one misses the Bavarian government's regulations for gastronomic establishments: “That is the only correct reactionI hope you will survive these unqualified regulations. ”Another is addressed directly to Prime Minister Markus Söder and, with subtle irony, lets him clearly understand what he thinks of the current regulations:“ I hope until June 14th has ours Dear Prime Minister, found a sensible solution for the catering trade with which you can also earn money. "
Many other users react on Facebook with sad smilies - most hope for a quick return of the Park Café.
First report from May 30, 2020:
Munich - For many industries, the corona crisis is a miserably long ordeal . One trade that is particularly hard hit by the pandemic is gastronomy . Even if the measures adopted by the government make it possible to open the restaurant again, the strict regulations for many operators cannot be met. One Munich bar owner has therefore already written a brand letter, another does not open at all. Now it has hit one of the city's most famous locations .
Munich: Coronavirus hard on gastronomy - Park Café has drastic consequences
Christian Lehner, host of the “Park Café” at the Old Botanical Garden in Munich , closed his bar only ten days after the reopening. As the landlord of the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports, the business with the strict conditions would no longer pay off . Outside, according to the report, he lowered his around 1,800 seats to around 280, it is said. In addition, the early closure at 10 p.m. and new specifications every second day - "It has nothing to do with what I do professionally and happily, " Lehner told the newspaper .
Munich: Park Café closes due to Corona - specifications for innkeeper cannot be implemented
According to the report, everyday situations arising from the new Corona regulations are also impossible to implement for Christian Lehner . He thinks of visitor groups like six boys - these could indicate that they are living in a shared apartment, because theoretically he could be liable for them . Lehner summarizes the dramatic situation vis-à-vis the newspaper: "" With that I lose 2000 to 3000 euros a day. " And to be open under conditions that are questionable for him. After ten days, Lehner took the consequences and closed the Park Café again . "The situation is a threat to our existence ."
The owner of the Hofbräukeller in Munich is also taking a drastic step on Monday: the restaurant has now closed again.
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