Can Europe’s restaurants survive the coronavirus lockdown?
by Philip Oltermannin Berlin, Sam Jones in Madrid, Ki from on (#52RJ0)
Chefs and owners fear bankruptcy as continent's gastronomic culture remains in limbo
If there is such a thing as a European way of life, restaurants like Fillerei in Berlin used to give a pretty good flavour of what it would taste like.
In a crammed 40 sq metre (430 sq ft) space tucked away in a side street of scruffy but fashionable Neukilln, the owner, Christiane Fill, has for the last 10 years served up sumptuous Franco-German cuisine, darting between 10 rickety wooden tables night after night to recommend the organic entrecite, pour another glass of Spitburgunder or share the latest locally sourced gossip.
Continue reading...