The response often comes in a mocking chuckle. “An effect dry january? It’s not the type of house. It’s actually quite the opposite.”
We toured establishments in Old Nice to find out if this public health campaign imported from Great Britain, advocating abstinence or reducing alcohol consumption during the month of January, was being felt among professionals.
Many bars in Cours Saleya believe that, on the contrary, alcohol consumption is breaking records. “I have the impression that in France, it doesn’t take too much, sweeps away a Babel Babel manager. We’re here for people to clear their minds and party.”
An alcohol-free card
Do teetotalers go to bars? Who are they? What is their network? “We didn’t smell it, yesterday there was alcohol on all the tables,” replies Arnaud, manager of the Café des amis. Before hesitating: “It’s true that there was a big table of fifteen young people who only had Cokes.”
It’s a bit like the man who saw the man who saw the bear. “There are people who do dry january, intervenes a regular, from the back of a pub. A friend of my cousin does it.”
At the Civette du cours, on the contrary, we have the feeling that there is a demand. Fanny, bartender, has decided to offer alcohol-free cocktail menus. “The idea is to exploit the world of alcohol-free products in general. It’s no longer fashionable to tear yourself apart. We respond to a demand and we raise awareness. We discover something.”
