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Pubs pledge to buck early closing ban |
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Sunday, 13 September 2009 |
Despite having promised a suspension of the silence decree on bars and restaurants, the council of Budapest’s District VI voted against the discontinuation of the regulation at its session last Thursday. The representatives claimed that it is unlawful to suspend such a decree, with the only option being a revocation of the order. Nonetheless, the proposition to revoke the regulation made by Jobbik member and independent council representative Zsolt Gyenge was voted down by nine votes to three. After the decision was announced around 50 district bar owners held a meeting and unanimously agreed to stay open after 10pm. “We have put in place some practical measures to try assure the residents and the council officials that we take some of the main areas of concern seriously,” Patrick McMenamin, the owner of Caledonia pub told The Budapest Times, adding that they will likely close at 1pm, which, according to the decree, was previously the latest time a bar or a restaurant could remain open if no resident complaints were made against it.
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