In Toulouse, one of the eleven metropolises affected by the new health restrictions which come into force on Monday, restaurant owners fear the same fate as their fellow bartenders.
At 10 p.m., they will have to close the doors of their establishment to intensify the fight against Covid-19.
There is not much time left to have a last drink on Monday, while the new health measures come into force this evening in the eleven metropolises placed on heightened alert.
In Paris, as in Toulouse for example, bars and cafes will have to close their doors at 10 p.m.
In the Pink City, restaurateurs fear they will be eaten in the same sauce as their colleagues in the days or weeks to come.
"I'm sorry but if they want us to close, they can come to my address, they can come and give me a ticket, I will remain open," warns one of them, Jérôme, on Europe 1 on Monday.
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"They are going to go to private things where they will nab the virus even more"
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The manager of L'Olivade, in Blagnac on the edge of Toulouse, believes that the measures decided by the government are questionable as to their effectiveness.
"If we were guaranteed that because we are closed at 10 p.m. all the people who frequent our establishments will go home to sleep and not spread the virus, that can be heard ... but it is absolutely not We are going to close and our customers, especially young people, are going to go where? They will go to private things where they will nab it even more, "he said indignantly.
"We are dying"
More generally, Hubert de Faletans, of the UMIH of Haute-Garonne, finds that the government is wrong target by pointing the finger at bars and restaurants.
"A restaurant is surely a much healthier place and a lot less risky than a bus, train, RER or metro during rush hour. Why don't we stop them? It's easier to tap on the private, on small businesses like us. The problem is that we are dying. Let’s not surrender immediately and we will die sword in hand if necessary, ”denounces the representative of the union of professionals in the catering, hotel industry and bars and brasseries.
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These professionals have also planned to file an interim relief against the orders of the prefecture.
At the same time, they have an appointment Tuesday afternoon with the prefect to request unconditional aid to compensate for their losses linked to these early closures.