Where the drink café for Corona was busy with parties and parties, they now have to do with fewer visitors and half of the turnover. The staff also had to leave. “Everyone is currently going on holiday and coming back. While: you have to stay in your own bubble. I hope we don’t have to close again, we are already deep in our savings.”
According to Loman, the sector is hit above average by corona. “The hospitality industry is seen as the biggest criminal. You can do your very best and it is never good enough. I do get annoyed by colleagues, it can sometimes be set up better, but we stick to the agreements as far as possible. Us As a result, this profession is not as fun as it used to be, but it is as it is.
Stricter control and more explanation
Extra measures will be taken, Menno van Dorp thinks, such as an early closing time in busy areas. He does not yet know what this will mean for his business in the De Pijp district. “The measures feel so ill-considered. The sources of infection are much more at home, but you cannot close a house. So they tackle the catering industry. And what do you think will happen when everything closes at midnight? Then those groups go to someone’s home. to sit.”
There are certainly catering entrepreneurs in Amsterdam who do not take the rules so closely, Van Dorp thinks. “Of course, that stems from colleagues who do adhere to the rules. And it is extra sour when new measures are introduced for all catering entrepreneurs in Amsterdam.”
‘We ask each other: is this allowed or not?’
Van Dorp thinks that checks should therefore be somewhat stricter. “Take a look at each case and intervene if things are not going well. In Amsterdam hardly any case has been closed yet.”
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