“Parasols imprison the heat. Customers don’t want to go. »»
The most radical keep their terrace folded. This is the case with Cucina Di Mamma. Its exterior, in an angle of Place Bouillaud, does not benefit from trees, shade, air. “The parasols imprison the heat,” explains the manager. This weekend, he did 52 ° C there, customers do not want to go there. The chairs will remain stacked up to a significant drop in mercury. “We have to respect people,” says Giuseppe Barbera, the boss. He can count on his room upstairs, air -conditioned at 19 ° C and adored by his customers.
Irreducible meal outside
The Italian We Love Italy, rue Hergé, also stored its exterior tables on Tuesday. The sector is devoid of natural shadow and the cobblestones play the role of radiators. “The heat is hellish, nobody comes (outdoors),” confirms Yves Fiossi, the manager. On Thursday, a bit less suffocating than the start of the week, he still tried it. “We had two-three customers,” says a waitress. Pasta and pizza fanas prefer to sit inside, in the fan axis.
Some resist the call of air conditioning ‘. “People come anyway,” notes Kinah Phanitdasack, waitress at François-Dier, Place Louvel. The tables, under the trees and near the fountain, benefit from a touch of freshness. “We have people even when it is hot, tourists in particular,” says Maximilien Martin, co -manager of the Red Lion restaurant, on the other side of the square. Angel and Sofía Cabreras, a couple of Spaniards seated in Place des Halles, confirm: “The heat does not bother us, in Salamanca we have worse. We eat light, like a salad, and it goes. »»
Bottles, fans and Spanish time
Faced with aridity and to satisfy the irreducibles of the meal in the open air, restaurateurs modify their practices. Place Louvel, Kinah Phanitdasack has passed instructions to his colleagues servers: “We put a lot of water bottles on the tables and replace them as soon as they are empty. We offer fans to fragile people. »The hottest afternoons, the brasserie team Plie Boutique and reopens around 5 p.m.
Razaul Karim Nahid did not draw the few tables placed in the sun, in front of his Indian restaurant in the Place du Commander-Raynal. “At noon, people prefer the interior,” explains the co -manager of the Wondaal. In the evening, they come later, we start the terrace service at 8 p.m. or even 9 p.m. »Angoulême about to move on to the Spanish time.