First night with no alcohol in the pub

Friday was the first night with the new alcohol stop in bars and restaurants. Dennis Othan is a regular at Folkkungagatan bars and doesn’t think it’s the right way to go. He says he suffers from staff who have lost their jobs.

Restaurateurs on the new alcohol prohibition: “It will be fatal for us”

– I know about 20 people who have already had to quit smoking. Many will go bankrupt. I think it’s a double standard for restaurants to close early when there are always a lot of people on the subway, he says.

An ordinary friday She usually goes out for one, but tonight she goes home to Årsta and sleeps.

– But I’m sure there will be more house parties in the future.

Isak De Jong doesn’t think it feels strange to interrupt the night at 10.30pm. He has become used to spending a lot of time at his Bandhagen home during the corona pandemic.

– I think it is reasonable for restaurants to close early in attempts to dominate the curve.

Blenda trygger and Moa Engman are also positive about banning alcohol.

– It feels good, but I think the measure is a bit late, says Moa Engman.

At the same time, the two leisure educators think that the corona strategy works relatively well in the restaurant.

– In restaurants there is always someone who is responsible and makes sure that people do not feel too close. It does not do it in shopping centers or in the subway. There is no one to know if there are too many people in the carriage.

In general, there were few people in the bars during the early hours of Friday. The civic place was empty, with almost seven security guards. In southern neighborhoods with dense restaurants, the early closure ended without drama.

– Everyone wanted to order one last round. just before 10pm, says Selem Mehmet, who works at Honey Honey.

– Some are mad that we close early, but it’s not that strange when it’s the first night. They get used to it enough.

Solna’s Petter is the last to leave Honey Honey. You don’t feel like going home, but you don’t know what to do instead. He’s not happy that the night ended so early.