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BENGALURU: Bars and restaurants in the city (CL9 licensees) have opened up, albeit with caution, after the government relaxed the lockdown norms early this week and permitted them to resume business between 11.30 am and 9 pm with 50 per cent occupancy and strict Covid protocols.
With their staff vaccinated with at least one dose of the anti-Covid vaccine, most bars and restaurants are also trying to convey the message to their customers that getting vaccinated and wearing masks are the best ways to beat the virus. Some of them are even offering 5 and 10 per cent discounts for those vaccinated with one and two doses, respectively.
Dine another day? 10 pm deadline opens old wounds
Dine another day? 10 pm deadline opens old wounds
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Apr 10, 2021, 06:00 IST
restaurant owners say they are in the deep end again.
Kiran Kumar, owner of the newly launched Gawky Goose Kitchen &
Bar, says it instils fear among people and heavily affects the F&B industry, which is still trying to crawl back to normalcy after last year’s disaster. “It will impact 90 per cent of our revenue as most of our business takes place post 9 pm. Not only is there a direct revenue impact, the cost implication of expenditure in marketing that is already done, but high inventories that we hold, licenses we pay to the authorities, along with fixed and semi-fixed costs also crumbles down the entire business,” says Kumar.
Pub owners, restaurateurs fear night curfew will hit already ailing sector hard
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BENGALURU: The second wave of Covid-19 may wipe out 30 per cent of food and beverage business outlets in Bengaluru, fear many restaurant and pub owners. Many have opposed the “last order at 9pm” restriction, with the night curfew beginning Saturday.“Our businesses had just about started picking up in February, and we were doing 60 to 70 per cent of pre-Covid business, but since mid-March, footfall has reduced drastically. Now with night curfew, we don’t expect any business in the evenings,” said Amit Roy of Watson’s, a pub chain in the city.