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Covid-19. Madrid's night turns off the light: 25 cocktail bars have closed for the day in November
El Burladero
, a benchmark in Madrid nightlife for the world of bullfighting and flamenco, located in the heart of Madrid, has
closed
.
No return.
Baudi
and his partner Manolo
, who had been fighting for the business for 25 years, have made the decision to permanently lower the blind this November, victims of the serious goring that
Covid-19
has
delivered
to the nightlife sector.
"This month the contract ran out and the owners told us that they were not renewing us for reasons
relatives.
I think it's an apology, because
we were not paying them
.
We had never had problems, but with this ... ", he says
Baudi
to EL MUNDO.After the March coup, El Burladero
tried to resume the activity with the de-escalation
and opened a few days in summer.
Until the closing of the central government in mid-August.
With the uncertainty that hovers, and with the only possibility of reopening now converted into a restaurant, they have preferred not to try again. "We do not know what will happen. And the vaccine is not going to be miraculous.
The place was not going to have a future
.
It is not worth continuing, "he adds.
Baudi
, who admits that he had a hard time convincing his partner that it was for the best.
"He was determined to endure," he says. After a busy night, today, from El Burladero
not even the characteristic tiles remain
who presided over the entrance, according to Telemadrid.
The mosaic images of Las Ventas and La Maestranza
have been sold to a former customer
, "a lover of the bar", who wants to try his luck with a similar joint in Mexico. And its owner
has taken the reins of the taxi that he bought as an investment
in February.
"It was not what I wanted, but ...", he says just before suggesting animatedly: "The same I mount a terrace".
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