By the way of Soleil On the large driveway around 1:30 p.m., the terraces located in full sun are deserted. The air -conditioned shadow and air are more popular with walkers.
While a duet approaches the Taverne Grande Alley by asking the hostess a place inside, the red parasols of the Bistro L’Atelier are deployed in order to offer a little respite to his customers.
It must be said that a heat warning is in force in Quebec, while the Humidex index climbs almost 40, according to Environment Canada.
On this June 24, the owner of the franchise of the 3 brewers on the great aisle, Éric Demoncheaux, was faithful to the position. “We get a lot of people inside today. Yesterday it was the same, “notes the one who describes the heat of” suffocating “.
“If he was doing 10 degrees less and that it was not heavy like that, we would only have people on the terrace,” he adds, indicating that he can accommodate up to 180 people outside.
“People are looking for shadow and freshness.”
— Éric Demoncheaux, owner of the 3 brewers
“It is an interest in everything to work well,” he blows, about his air conditioning.
Asked if such heat is good for business, the restaurateur reports that he prefers this temperature to the rain.
“The rain on a large alley is incredible how the turnover falls,” he observes.
Not just the heat
If the vagaries of the weather dictate the crowds in the restaurants of the renowned avenue, Éric Demoncheaux notes that there are other variables to take into consideration.
“Tomorrow people work. It’s a day that will end quickly. The same holiday, it’s like a Sunday. […] We will work better the day before a holiday, ”he dissects. The restaurateur indicates that the rhythmic evening of June 23 was proof of this, despite the storm that struck.
At the Brasserie l’Anox, Éliane Beauchamp and Emma Lepage, two employees on the floor on this Quebec National Day, share the same opinion.
The latter claim to be confronted with a wave of customers as they anticipated it.
“Yesterday there were a lot of people. I think that today, people take it more relaxed, ”says Ms. Beauchamp.
While workers in office towers are not passing through the midday, few vacationers push the door of the brand as well.
“We are also at peak heat time,” she said, arguing that customers will be more there after 4 p.m.
