At the Lake Bar, in Saint-Paul-le-Gaultier (Sarthe), it is no longer possible to drink half a pressure. The fault of Putin. The outbreak of energy prices has forced the boss, Renato Fabbri, temporarily cutting his beer pump. Connected to a cylinder of co 2 and to an electric fridge, the Drawer – of an old model – had become too spending by the times that run. In return, the tenant has expanded his bottle of bottled beers, from six to nine references. The fans of the false refrigerated collar would not have grieved him, according to him: “They understood that I had no other choice.”
For the same reasons, the manager has extinguished his percolator, very gourmet in watts (because lit twenty-four hours out of twenty-four to function properly). Renato Fabbri went to Leclerc Buy an EXPROSE CANGER PUBLIC machine. Happy inspiration: “Coffee is better than before, more creamy”, he says.
Everything started from a phone call passed a month ago to its electricity supplier for a consumption assessment. The projections are fatal, he had been answered: in the amount of 190 euros per month before the crisis, his invoice should indeed double; A regularization of 1,000 euros is also scheduled in February, then another in March, with an indefinite amount. Disappointed, the merchant was quick to change operator and resigned himself to increasing the price of his consumption. “Without daring to do it too much,” he confides. “People are Ric-Rac right now. Very worried too. Crossing my bistro’s door, they start by talking about rain and good weather, but very quickly Conversations deviate from the question of purchasing power. “
Concerts and exhibitions
Make this campaign bar a discussion space is precisely what Renato Fabbri was looking for by reopping the brand, in February 2022, with the assistance of SOS Villages, the solidarity operation of TF1. Long closed, the Lake bar is today the last trade in Saint-Paul-le-Gaultier, a large town of 280 inhabitants located in the heart of the Alps Mancelles. Mutual aid has greatly participated in the installation of the newcomer: neighbors gave chairs, others lent their arms to restore the iron curtain, and others gardening tools to cultivate salads organic intended to garnish the charcuterie -switching plates – 100 % short circuit – offered for sale.
“The soul of the bistros has disappeared from the countryside. My project is to revive it in my microvillage”, confides Renato Fabbri, born in Paris fifty-three years ago but that urban life “horripile”. His troquet resembles his life as a bourlingator at the hundred trades (security guard, musician, blacksmith, host of artistic squat, etc.), married to a Belarusian national. The catering room accommodates musette orchestras and clashes of local painters. Board games and ping-pong table are available. In the background of the establishment, a minibrocante exhibits vintage objects, branched by the owner, such as this 45-tours cult of Mireille Mathieu and Patrick Duffy (Together We’re Strong). Taken by the boss, photos of the lake of Saint-Paul-le-Gaultier-a simple body of water in truth, which gives its name to the Estaminet-are on the counter, not far from candles and jars of honey handcrafted product.
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