"Sure, business is damned, but ..." - Munich hosts describe how hard corona lockdown hits them

The second lockdown hits the Munich hosts hard - and there is no end to the lockdown in sight.

The situation is desperate, but one affected gets to the point.

And clearly.

• Munich is still considered a hotspot in the corona pandemic *.

• The second

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  forces the Munich restaurateurs to take a new break.

• The losses are enormous and the situation is grueling and yet they want to be there for their guests.

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Munich - Nockherberg host

sits in his empty festival hall.

Normally, that would be the time for cheerful Christmas celebrations - now the beer taps are turned off and Schottenhamel's mood is depressed: "On the one hand, it is clear that there must be measures against the spread of the virus." On the other hand, it is bitter that many hosts had initiated major hygiene measures and then had to close again.

“The quick payment of the November aid would therefore be important for the entire industry.” After all, Schottenhamel loses one million euros in sales for every month that he is not allowed to open.

Corona Munich: Longer lockdown and waiting for help: The desperate situation of the hosts

And there will probably be more losses: The hope that restaurants and bars will be able to open again in a week should be buried by the federal and state governments on Wednesday.

They are preparing to

until

.

Some innkeepers even rumor that they are no longer allowed to open the door this year.

The problem: the longer the lockdown lasts, the more dependent hosts are on state aid.

But these arrive late.

"I'm still waiting for the short-time work allowance for October"

Gregor Lemke, owner of the Klosterwirt and spokesman for the inns in the city center.

"I'm still waiting for the

" says Gregor Lemke, owner of the

and spokesman for the city center landlords.

The November aid is not even mentioned.

"We hope that we will receive the forms for registration on November 25th." And even then you still do not know how much the aid will be.

Lemke: "From a business perspective, the low level of planning security is of course difficult," says Lemke.

The landlord estimates that

.

"The question whether it will be good then is: January and February are usually the worst months."

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Corona Munich: creative in the crisis

doesn't

know

any

really good months

.

The 35-year-old opened her restaurant “togather” at Schwanthalerstraße 160 at the end of January 2020.

Since then she has been fighting the crisis with creative ideas.

"We sold self-made Advent calendars, we offer digital wine tastings and fairytale evenings," says the 35-year-old.

The crisis hits it particularly hard: "Because we were not yet open in November 2019, the aid for November is calculated on the basis of October sales and that was not so good".

The employees suffer

“It hits the little ones first,” agrees

, the owner of

and the

.

"Sure, business is shitty, but the

" says the landlord.

“They don't just live on their wages, but also on tips - and that's missing.” Crocamo took two employees who were hit particularly hard by taking them out of short-time work and had them sold at Tambosi-To-Go.

“That doesn't bring sales.

But it helps my employees. ”But the crisis also hits the landlord:“ In March and April alone I lost over a million euros. ”

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Host Ugo Crocamo from Tambosi.

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Star chef relies on burger and aid money

The to-go business is a bridging option for

.

It wasn't until October that he opened his Salon Rouge on Dienerstraße - after only one month the new lockdown forced Nakamura to take a break.

Since then, the star

has been offering

or

to take away

from Wednesday to Saturday

-

street food instead of upscale gastronomy.

There is also Japanese mulled wine.

“We want to continue to be there for our guests in these challenging times,” says Nakamura.

In economic terms, the to-go business could of course not replace star cuisine.

Like all restaurateurs, Nakamura is hoping for the promised but belated government aid. 

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Bridged with to-go: Star chef and Chef of the Year Tohru Nakamura.

© Sigi Jantz

Victims of the corona pandemic: They no longer unlock after the lockdown

Not only the restaurant "

" closes due to the Corona crisis.

Other innkeepers have already thrown kitchen towels during the crisis.

One of the best-known examples: Karl-Heinz Reindl, tenant of the

*, who no longer continues because it is no longer profitable.

But the

with its bar and restaurant will also be closed at the end of the year.

The same applies to the legendary

at Sendlinger Tor.

Even the punk chef Bernd Arold had no solution to the declining number of visitors and has his restaurant after twelve years

closed in the old town.

And the

had to file for bankruptcy.

Corona meets the cult bar "Roy" at Sendlinger Tor.

The farewell is probably atypically quiet.

Because of the Corona crisis, Oktoberfest 2020 in Munich had to be canceled.

A threatening scenario is already being painted on the wall in the city council, which concerns the next year.

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