standing consumption prohibited from Monday January 3

The “Bar des Vedettes” in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) is an institution in this covered market, you come to have your coffee at the counter in the morning while shopping. A moment of relaxation which will soon be prohibited because of the new sanitary restrictions, and which divides customers. “We have to try to get by, today we have the means, (with) a few rules and the drugs, so we have to go.” “Whether you’re standing or sitting outside, it’s the same”, start another.

Alain Pignol, co-manager of the “Bar des Vedettes”, does not hide his concerns: “It’s cold outside and people were used to coming back to market level and coming for a coffee. So yes, doing without that comfort, welcoming people to the bar, will perhaps be problematic”, he says. More counters, it is less conviviality in this market open 6 days a week. There remain therefore the terraces where the sanitary pass is scrupulously checked, but all hope that this measure will be only temporary.