Huasen Cafe, one of the oldest cafes in Europe, is going out of business because of the epidemic.

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Although it has a hundred years of history and a great reputation, the road is also difficult in the face of the epidemic.

The 300-year-old Venice Flower God Cafe announced that it was going out of business after the outbreak.

Huasen Cafe, one of the oldest cafes in Europe, is located in Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy. Founded on December 29, 1720, the cafe still retains the decoration style of the 19th century.

It is understood that Huasen Cafe was selected as one of the ten most beautiful cafes in the world. As of December 29 last year, it happened to be the 300th birthday of Huasen Cafe. Due to various factors, it was originally a festive day. However, the founder of this cafe decided to close down when the operation right expires in 2021. It seems that this legendary century-old cafe is really going to close down this year.

And the most special is that in the past 300 years, Flower God Cafe has hosted countless legends, including Monet, Andy Warhol, Nietzsche, Chaplin, Hemingway and so on.

Over the past 300 years, Huasen Cafe has had a lot of glorious history.

In the 18th century, Huasen Cafe was the only cafe in the city that accepted women, and the historic Venice Biennale was born here. In 1895, the Cafe held its first Venice Biennale.

Monet in 1908 created the most famous "collection treasures"Venice Grand Canal" is also under this painting, according to statistics, Monet painted a total of more than 30 works, so everyone said that the Flower God Cafe is Monet's "good heart".

This is also a treasure trove for directors to shoot, and many Oscar directors like to shoot here. This is where the Oscar-nominated "Summer time" and "Talent Ripley" are filmed.

In addition, last year's 300th anniversary, the Italian National Post Office also issued a set of commemorative postmarks for Huasen Cafe.

As one of the most famous cafes in Venice and even in the world, according to the news KNEWS video, the kitchen of this cafe is separate from the hall of the cafe, implying that there is no kitchen in this cafe, the food production is done in the kitchen outside the cafe, the meals will be packed into black boxes, and the staff will deliver the meals to the store by lift. The way of lifting can be one-handed or two-handed, but the premise is to ensure that the position of each item will not be moved during transportation, and the whole delivery time is about ten minutes. Therefore, the attendants in the cafe are required to undergo strict training to provide professional services to customers, and this complicated transportation process is also one of the reasons why the cafe is expensive.

Today, such a legendary cafe has lost its full capacity under the heavy blow of the epidemic. Media reports say Huasen Cafe has lost more than 6.5 million euros, but the government has subsidized only 160000 euros. And asked to pay the full rent as in the past.

According to media reports, the total turnover of Huashen Cafe reached more than 8 million euros in 2019, but less than 2 million euros in 2020.

The head of the store, Marco Paolini, said that at present, there are still 70 clerks and 100 part-time employees in the store, and now the situation is to pay the full salary and rent to the employees, at a cost of about 210000 euros. In the context of the epidemic, the operation of the entire cafe has come to an abrupt halt. In view of the high rental pressure and the expiration date of the franchise obtained by the state government in 2021, the cafe is under heavy pressure. The Huasen Cafe decided to close its doors.

In the past year, Huashen Cafe was far from the only coffee shop that was hit hard. Under the cover of the epidemic, domestic Internet coffee chains including coffee, coffee chain COSTA, and fashion coffee brand ManCoffee also suffered large-scale shop closures as a result of the epidemic.

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