Parisians enjoy coffee on the sidewalk after the pandemic

Across the streets of Paris, coffee shop owners monopolize most of the pedestrian walkway because they are not yet allowed to open the interior of the house.

Cafe de Flore, one of the oldest in Paris, set up tables along the sidewalk, in front of the next bookstore when it reopened on June 2, after 11 weeks the shops were closed to prevent the spread. lan of Covid-19.

Parisian cafes are allowed to reopen if there is outdoor space. Photo: Reuters.

Parisians are excited to be able to enjoy an espresso in the morning at tables about a meter apart when the government allows cafes and restaurants to be open outdoors as well as remove restrictions. again and allow sunbathing on the beach.

"We have returned home," said Rachel, a patron at a cafe on the Left Bank. "The morning is coffee time. We are rediscovering old habits."

Paris Coffee

Bringing each other into the deserted bar
Two cups of black coffee
Paris is full of snow
I look at you, look at you

Naturally that remember
A piece of Saigon street
Small coffee drops are small
Down glass of my life delicious

My hometown is rich in sunshine
Love is warm in the sun
Dreamers are miles away
Wearing time back and forth

Here sad pig suck
The coffee presses the button
Taking a breath is done

Chained near each other
Paris black coffee
Snow falling on bitter substance
Soluble in sorrow

A little closer together
Paris black coffee
I look at me surprised
You and I are not used to it
(Duyen Anh)

Across Paris, coffee shop owners invade sidewalks to book more tables. Each restaurant must send to the local authorities the layout of their tables online and be checked a few days later.

Some restaurants are less fortunate when there is no or little outdoor space. The Brasserie Lipp shop, opposite of Cafe de Flore, which served during World War II, was unable to reopen because there was no sidewalk.

Business activities returned slowly. Masked waiters are still seeking to adapt to the new conditions. Some stores replace the paper menu with a chalkboard, others ask customers to scan bar codes to display the menu on a phone.

Le Bourbon Brewery sets about a dozen tables in a small square behind the parliament building. Manager Jean-Pierre Viala is fluttering in anticipation of rain on weekends.

"It's hard to know how much food to buy when you depend on the weather," he said.

Besides the weather, many shops depend on international tourists. Therefore, they need to wait for the border to open before hoping to resume operations as usual.

For the past two years, the business of Mr. Arnaud Lacroix, owner of an ice cream and coffee stall opposite the Notre Dame Cathedral, was damaged by anti-government protests, when the church was on fire and now nCoV virus.

"We can't hold out any longer," he said.

In this context, Minister of Finance Bruno le Maire on 2/6 promised to provide financial support for cafes and restaurants to operate by the end of 2020.