https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed As France's bars, cafés and restaurants prepare to fully reopen, some proprietors are delighted to be returning to a sense of normality, while others worry about the new requirements such as QR codes to record customer details, as Eve Hebron found out. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210608/last-threshold-to-get-back-to-normality-french-cafes-and-restaurants-prepare-to-fully-reopen Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:20:07 +0200 last-threshold-to-get-back-to-normality-french-cafes-and-restaurants-prepare-to-fully-reopen France's bars, restaurants and cafés will finally be allowed to reopen on Wednesday after six months of closure. But with reduced capacity and a bad weather forecast, it's not be the reopening many were hoping for. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210518/fully-booked-for-a-month-frances-bars-and-cafes-prepare-to-reopen-after-six-months-of-closure Tue, 18 May 2021 11:05:15 +0200 fully-booked-for-a-month-frances-bars-and-cafes-prepare-to-reopen-after-six-months-of-closure France-based British comedian Paul Taylor takes a look at how drinking on a French café terrace isn't as good as we think might think it is. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160928/video-is-life-on-a-paris-caf-terrace-really-this-bad Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:28:47 +0200 video-is-life-on-a-paris-caf-terrace-really-this-bad Tourists and expats in France are quick to complain about rude servers at restaurants and cafés, but photo evidence has emerged to suggest it's the customers who should work on their manners. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160406/french-really-rude-manners-cafe-waiters-politeness Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:34:35 +0200 french-really-rude-manners-cafe-waiters-politeness