Franconian Beer Message Board
Musings on current situation in Bamberg |
| Posted by Jason on 2020-06-04 11:27:59 |
| I've made my opinions known but it remains a difficult situation where people are exercising more caution (in certain situations), than is needed. Those hoping for a quick bounce back in the economy are going to be disappointed. The rules are also really hard for the gastronomy to abide by to the point where it constitutes an existence. It would, at any other time, seem a positive when Herr Merz of Spezial had to turn away 2 couples because they are 'full'. It clearly isn't, when the capacity is probably 40%. Luckily for me, he found me a seat. Events at Schlenkerla have also been strange. On Monday they were told by police they couldn't have people taking beer away to drink in the Sandstraße, in spite of signs asking them to stand at least 50m away from the door. But now it's been permitted. Space is now a premium everywhere (not in the sense that everywhere is full but if you sit on a 4 seat table on your own that's a waste) so if you want to sit on your own for a beer you need to get lucky as it makes even less economic sense. Klosterbräu are opening soon (maybe this week), but this is a really gamble as they have relatively few local regulars and their income is mainly from tourists (day trippers, vacationers and coach trips). I think it's the food here that is difficult to adapt. Traditional Franconian cooking is "canteen style", where the cook starts early and prepares a large number of versions of the same dish. You can't do that now, the economics of scale just don't work, or at least are a lot less profitable (and the food is cheap in the pubs). In short, no change really. |
| Followups: |
 Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Andrew H on 2020-06-04 12:40:07 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Jason on 2020-06-04 23:59:25 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by JohnRatcliffe on 2020-06-05 01:43:32 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Gerhard Schoolmann on 2020-06-05 02:09:36 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Jason on 2020-06-05 03:57:50 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by JohnRatcliffe on 2020-06-05 04:35:36 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Jason on 2020-06-05 04:57:59 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by JohnRatcliffe on 2020-06-05 07:19:46 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Jason on 2020-06-05 07:28:39 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Mark Andersen on 2020-06-05 11:47:21 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Nick B (ex-ErlangerNick) on 2020-06-05 11:58:53 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Nick B (ex-ErlangerNick) on 2020-06-05 12:00:08 |
| Musings on current situation in Bamberg by Mark Andersen on 2020-06-05 12:10:42 |
| Musings on current situation in (the US) by Nick B (formerly in Erlangen) on 2020-06-05 14:28:02 |