{"id":93182,"date":"2020-10-19T23:37:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T20:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hungarian-restaurant-reinvents-the-wheel-for-social-distancing\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T23:37:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T20:37:32","slug":"hungarian-restaurant-reinvents-the-wheel-for-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hungarian-restaurant-reinvents-the-wheel-for-social-distancing\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hungarian restaurant reinvents the wheel for social distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hungarian restaurant reinvents the wheel for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distancing<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/costes-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        BUDAPEST- Hit by a plunge in turnover after foreign tourists vanished, Michelin-starred Hungarian restaurant Costes has staged a skyline dining event on the Budapest Eye ferris wheel to generate sales in a coronavirus-proof environment.<\/p>\n<p>Costes owner Karoly Gerendai said that turnover at one of his reopened restaurants is down to about a tenth of pre-lockdown levels, forcing him to look for new ways to do business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that there are not many people either on the wheel or in the restaurant because there are no tourists, the opportunity arose that we could do this,\u201d he said of the event at the landmark attraction in central Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is now especially important for people to be able to be separate from other guests to be safe, and the ferris wheel is ideal with its separate cabins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday, Hungary had reported 46,290 COVID-19 cases with 1,142 deaths and the economy is heading towards a 5-7% contraction this year.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the novel Costes dining experience cost up to $154.40 each for a four-course meal and sold out within days, Gerendai said, as affluent local clients sought a rare escape from the constraints of coronavirus restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Gerendai is planning to repeat the event when warmer weather arrives in the spring, though the cooler October night was no deterrent for customers on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to get out a bit and enjoy an experience again because we have been living quite closed in,\u201d said Szabolcs Balazs, who took the meal with his wife and two children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to go to restaurants quite often; we have been to two Michelin-starred ones, but because of COVID we stopped going. So this is the only chance for us now because here we are really separated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--If the slideshow is embedded in another post type add the inline wrapper --><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/19\/hungarian-restaurant-reinvents-the-wheel-for-social-distancing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Hungarian restaurant reinvents the wheel for social distancing&#8221; BUDAPEST- Hit by a plunge in turnover after foreign tourists vanished, Michelin-starred Hungarian restaurant Costes has staged a skyline dining event on the Budapest Eye ferris wheel to generate sales in a coronavirus-proof environment. 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