The Local
The Local
The Local
08:42 CEST
To help restaurants and bars cope with the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus lockdown, Paris city hall allowed them spill onto roads, pavements, squares and pretty much any space they could find. Both Parisians and owners want the measure to stay, but will they get their way? Olivia Sorrel-Dejerine went to find out. It s lunchtime in Paris and the restaurants and bars along the canal banks in the 19th arrondissement in the northeastern part of the city are filling up with the usual clients. The guests sitting on the terraces were not crammed in as they often are in Paris, but comfortably spread out around the terraces, which had been extended by the owners after a special permission granted by the mayor s office.