2023-08-18 02:05:55
The gray sky, the weather alerts, the vigils of violent storms… The good weather is rare and it is detrimental to restaurateurs who have a terrace.
The outdoor tables are nowhere near as successful as the years when the weather is nice.
It’s that uncertain times don’t make you want to go sit outside.
At Le Chack resto-bar, located on the waterfront, the terrace is the main attraction and the weeks of income are limited to the summer period.
With the number of rainy days, the owner Simon Piché of the place estimates that they had to close more often this summer than during the last six seasons, enough to generate almost 40% of losses.
Lost income for the employer, but also uncertain for tip employees. Going from a hundred seats on the terrace to a few inside, it is reflected in the pay.
“Someone is scheduled for 40-45 hours a week, but there, with three days of rain, we end up at 10 or 11 p.m…. A week in the summer is good, but when it’s been three or four weeks that you are missing hours”, illustrated Mr. Piché.
Monitoring weather radars has become an obsession for managers.
“It’s more difficult for the management of the employees because they have to manage more atypical schedules, they have to be really flexible and as the weather is uncertain, every day we are in uncertainty”, told the coordinator to the communications and marketing at Le Temps d’une Pinte, Amélie Gariépy.
At Café Frida, the 56 seats that offer a view of the river were often empty very early in the evening.
“I have the impression that people were generally hesitant to go out, due to lack of weather. I feel like people who went to festivals or whatever, maybe they preferred [manger] at home to not even take the risk and also to save money because everything is made really expensive”, mentioned the owner of Café Frida, Gabrielle Cossette.
Still lucky that this year in the city center the terraces are enlarged.
These few additional places which are occupied when the weather is nice could bring a little balm on the losses generated.
“We notice among restaurateurs the economic weight that it can bring, obviously positive for them, which helps especially in the period we are currently in”, explained the general manager of the Société de développement commercial du centre-ville de Trois-Rivières. , Gena Déziel.
Discussions are still ongoing as to whether this permission will be repeated next year.
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