Bars and restaurants reopen Tuesday after ten weeks of closure. If establishments located in the green zone are authorized to reopen entirely, those situated in the orange zone, such as in Île-de-France for example, can only reopen their terrace and will have to wait until June 22 before being fully accessible to the customer base. Despite these restrictions, it was a real wind of freedom that blew over the capital from Potron-Twink. On the terrace of a cafe in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, Europe 1 was able to share a first "deconfined espresso".
"A little coffee, and the bill please!". At 6 am sharp, there were already many of them sitting on the terrace of this bistro and ordering a coffee. These loyal customers have been deprived of their habits for almost three months.
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"And what's more, the weather is fine ..."
"To go to work in the morning, you have to have a coffee, that's normal, it boosts," explains Jamel at the microphone of Europe 1. This taxi driver is just starting his day. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time. "It's nice to go back to old habits. And the weather is good, we missed it after three months."
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The owner was able to enlarge his terrace, as the Paris town hall authorized it. And even if the tables are spaced at least a meter apart, he was able to keep the same number of seats.