April 27, 2020
4:18 p.m.
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Both in judicial reorganization by transfer, the restaurants La Bécasse and Bonsoir Clara declared bankruptcy last week. A curator has been appointed. These establishments, already weakened by the pedestrian works and the attacks, did not resist the Covid-19 crisis. 13 people worked for Bonsoir Clara and 26 for La Bécasse.
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The Covid-19 crisis has just claimed two new victims in the hotel and catering sector in Brussels. According to our information, the restaurants Good evening Clara and The woodcock, located respectively in the city center and in the cemetery of Ixelles, both have declared bankruptcy. The lawyer for the two companies, Nicholas Ouchinsky (Lexlitis) confirmed the information to us and the bankruptcy judgment has been published to the Belgian Monitor. The two establishments were both under judicial reorganization by transfer of activity. Legal agents had been appointed to offer the restaurants for sale, but the Covid-19 crisis accelerated the movement.
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After the pedestrian and the attacks …
Good evening Clara, located rue Dansaert in the center of Brussels, had to take shelter from his creditors through a judicial reorganization procedure (PRJ) following the work of the pedestrian and attacks who had struck Brussels in March 2016. A first rescue operation carried out in 2018 had not made it possible to put the establishment back on track.
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During the second PRJ, launched at the beginning of December 2019, Saaid Barhdadi, which also operated La Bécasse and Le Tavernier (both at the Ixelles cemetery), had supported the operation. Nicholas Ouchinsky, the restaurant’s council, then asked for six months to try to find the best buyer. In the meantime, the Covid-19 has been there, undoing all efforts to do so.
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Regarding The woodcock, This is an other story. In 2019, the establishment had lost an appeal lawsuit against the tax administration and had to face a recovery of more than 1.8 million euros. The case dated before the takeover of the restaurant by Saaid Barhdadi, but faced with the impossibility of paying such an amount, the restaurant operator had also opted for judicial reorganization in order to shelter from its creditors.
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“Restaurants don’t yet know when and how they can open their doors again. This uncertainty discourages many.”
Nicholas Ouchinsky
Lawyer of La Bécasse and Bonsoir Clara
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“One of the biggest victims of this Covid-19 crisis will be the hotel sector. Restaurants do not yet know when and how they will be able to open their doors again. This uncertainty discourages many,” said Nicholas Ouchinsky , the lawyer for the two establishments.
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The Brussels French-speaking company court has appointed Charles-Henri Springuel as curator for the two restaurants.
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