Kolkata: Dinner back on the table when the restaurant and pub enjoy serving customers and guests until 10:30 a.m., for the first time in four months.
At 8pm, Monday, Sumouli Datta, Chandana Bakshi and Parbati Ray – once school friends and now in 40s – are in Skai in the Mall Quest, take selfies and enjoy their favorite Taquitos lamb, Popcorn Parfait, Garlic onion Garlic Chicken Without a rush to return home.
“Glad to be back for dinner.
Nothing makes good friends gather than a good dinner.
We usually meet after our day’s work and therefore the deadline is 8:00 inhibits our meeting time too.
But nothing can stop us on the day Monday when we stayed at the end of the restaurant, enjoyed good food and night full of ADDA, “said Datta, who worked in a private company.
The state government on Friday issued a relaxation order for restaurants and bars, retail stores and other retail companies.
According to orders, all shops and companies, including restaurants and bars, which are allowed to remain at 8pm to Sunday, were asked to keep the usual working hours until 10:30 a.m.
The night limitation will take place from 11pm, which will allow visitors to go home before the sidewalk is set.
In Bombay Brasserie in Ballygunge, a family of 11 was dinner at 9pm together for the first time since the pandemic had set up.
“We celebrated my birthday and it was the first dine-out for my 77-year-old father since the pandemic.
This time it suits us because we can finish the work schedule-of-our homes and come for the right time for 4-5 hours.
Next , with night limits when pushing back, we don’t even have guilt because it destroys the law when we drive back home after dinner, “said Manish Damani, a resident of Central Kolkata.
Another canteen, Neha Tibrewal, said for 8pm closure for restaurants, eating outside was rather coercant and he preferred to order food at home at dinner.
“But no longer.
I came out with my family on the first day of relaxation,” said Tibrewal.
The owner of the restaurant owner and pub was happy with the initial response and said they were looking forward to the weekend.
“Expanding closing time from 8pm until 10:30 a.m.
has become a big assistance for the food and beverage industry.
The industry will survive and go up and leave immediately,” said Suresh Poddar, president of the Association of Hotels and East Indian restaurants.
While increases with massive hospitality steps, adhering to the Covid protocol for their priorities, they said.
“We have worked with 50% residential for dinner at all our brand restaurants.
All of our staff were vaccinated and we took full sanitation steps.
New time for dinner until 10:30 a night allowed us a wider window to serve our guests more Comfortable and let them enjoy their food in a relaxed way, “said Gautam Singh, the head of the operation in Kolkata’s global kitchen.