“80 percent fewer bookings”: 2G is hailing the Christmas business for hosts - customers stay away

Created: 12/20/2021, 2:40 PM

From: Peter Loder

Antonio di Gorga from Brunello in Bruck is determined to keep his head up.

“We are hardworking and adapt to the situation.

I hope the new government will make a difference. ”Photo: peter weber © Weber

Fewer guests, no Christmas parties: You can only go to the landlord with a vaccination certificate or proof of recovery.

Restaurateurs are struggling with 2G.

But nobody wants to give up.

District - "We persevere, are hardworking and adapt to the situation," explains Antonio di Gorga from the Italian restaurant Brunello.

He has just invested heavily.

His restaurant has been remodeled and has a new pizza oven right in the middle of it as a show kitchen.

Many customers stay away from him because of 2G.

But the CSU-affine di Gorga says: "I am in a positive mood and hope that the new government will make a difference."

2G in gastronomy: mass cancellations - "This is a real house number"

December is usually one of the best-selling months of the year in the gastro scene.

“This is a real house number,” says Harry Faul from the Maisacher Bräustüberl.

This is also due to the Christmas parties.

But they broke and break away almost completely this year.

“28 Christmas parties were registered, 27 were canceled.” The landlord can see the downward trend on the calendar: “You could still earn money with good work until November 5th.

The 2G rule was passed on November 6th.

On the same day there were tons of cancellations. "

Thomas Breitenfellner, who runs the “Flori” and Gröbenzell's “Old School” in Eichenau, has experienced his severe sales losses in three waves: “After the respective tightening on August 29th, October 11th and November 7th.”

2G in Bavaria: Pick-up and delivery service again - "80 percent fewer bookings"

Peter Helfer from Olchinger Daxer-Wirt is missing 50,000 euros in the till this year.

“We have 80 percent fewer bookings.” Goran Jokic from the Alten Wirt in Emmering is now closed on Sunday evening, Monday and Tuesday due to Corona.

Like some other restaurateurs, he is now trying to strengthen the pick-up and delivery service again.

Both worked well in the corona lockdown.

The catch: In economies, most people earn their money with drinks, which are not in great demand in the to-go business.

Robert Groß, who only took over the SV Puch clubhouse a few months ago, has a different concept.

He offers families and companies that do not want to party together with others to use the economy exclusively as a closed company of ten or more people.

Brunello landlord di Gorga draws a bit of optimism from contacts with colleagues in his home country: “In Italy things are going normally.

All is well."

Corona in Bavaria: State support for hosts - "It can be May until it is paid out"

Peter Schreck resides even further south and in even warmer regions.

The restaurateur from Bruck runs the Bavarian delicacy bar “Perro Loco” near the Spanish tourist stronghold of Benidorm.

So far, there are no official restrictions for its 30-seat economy.

They only take effect from 50 guests. But the number of infections is also increasing significantly in Spain. Which is why he is following developments in his Bavarian homeland with concern. For the situation in Spain, Schreck (“Business is still going reasonably”) is primarily responsible for camping tourists who fled before the pandemic at home and who had fled from the Netherlands and England.

In Bavaria, hosts can still apply for state support during the crisis.

But that is very little consolation, says Faul from the Maisacher Bräustüberl: “It can be May until it is paid out”.

Which is why it is clear to him: “Every landlord has to bring money with them in order to survive.” Especially since the dry spell in January and February with the traditionally weak months is still ahead.

In any case, he and his colleagues are not particularly good at politics at the moment.

2G rule in gastronomy: landlord reports - "It's mostly decent"

The hosts apparently have no problems with having to check whether their guests have been vaccinated or have recovered. “Almost everyone has already pulled out their cell phone and shows their digital vaccination certificate when they come in the door,” they explain in unison. “There are always people who complain,” says Olching's Daxer host Peter Helfer. “But for the most part, things are decent,” as his colleague from Gröbenzell, Thomas Breitenfellner, explains. He even got a lot of backing from his guests. "And even gratitude because we are so strict with the corona controls."

But the companies are also checked.

At least they should, according to the Home Office.

But so far neither the regulatory office nor the police have appeared in most of the businesses surveyed by the Tagblatt.

Breitenfellner reported in his Eichenau restaurant "Flori", however, an "unannounced visit to the authorities last Thursday".

The five-person police also showed up at “Beros-Pizzeria” boss Roger Sommer in Neu-Esting on Friday at 10:15 pm.

The officials were informed because after the curfew, which had expired a quarter of an hour ago, there was still a lot going on and the lights were on in the shop.

Roger Sommer: "The fact that we have a delivery service that is allowed until 11 p.m. was not on the complainants' radar."

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