Restaurants in the dark calling for help.
On March 21, the Toques Blanches Lyonnaises will organize a “ candlelight dinner
” operation
and turn off their lights to warn of the critical situation in the restaurant world in Lyon.
“
We will be in the dark to symbolize the lack of prospects for the future that we have, but also to say that for some restaurateurs, it will soon be complete darkness because they are going to close shop”, confides
Christophe Marguin, President of the Toques Blanches Lyonnaises.
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The objective of this collective action is to alert the State to demand “price regulation” also for restaurateurs.
“
Our margins are not huge and we are also suffering from the increase in the cost of raw materials.
However, we cannot increase our prices indefinitely.
So when the electricity bill drops and it's multiplied by five, we're dead.
And the problem is that no one knows how much he will pay next month
, ”he continues.
Christophe Marguin claims to have already seen a few colleagues be close to "
throwing up the apron
".
“
Yes, it's a passion job, but some will abandon this passion.
I had several who were in tears on the phone
, ”he concludes.
In all, around thirty places in Lyon and in the Rhône will participate in this operation.
The list
of participating restaurants:
33 Cité (Lyon), Château de Champlong (Villerest), Cuisine & Dépendances (Lyon), La Meunière (Lyon), Les Culottes Longues (Lyon), Au Colombier (Anse), Hostellerie La Ferme du Chicken (Villefranche-sur-Saône), Le Petit Meunier (Messimy), M Restaurant (Lyon), Le Vivarais (Lyon), Maison Clovis (Lyon), History Continues (Lyon), History Without Hunger (Rochetaillée-sur- Saône), L'Antr'opotes (Lyon), Table & Partages (Lyon), La Rotonde (La Tour de Salvagny), Le Président (Lyon), Le Sauvage (Besançon), A hunger to learn (Lyon), L Soulmate (Lyon), Le Café de Lyon (Chambéry), L'Alexandrin (Lyon), Gamm'Elles (Amplepuis), Café Terroir (Lyon), Daniel & Denise (Lyon)
