Grevesmühlen mourns: Café Flair closes his doors after 22 years!

Grevesmühlen mourns: Café Flair closes his doors after 22 years!

August-Bebel-Straße 4, 23936 Grevesmühlen, Deutschland - in Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, will close the popular “Café Flair” at the end of the year, a meeting point that has been an integral part of urban life for over 22 years. Kathrin Thiele, the operator, is about to retire and looks back on an impressive career of 44.4 years in the catering trade. For them it is time to initiate a new phase of life and to leave the almost daily work in the café.

The "Café Flair", which is located at August-Bebel-Straße 4, has won many regular guests over the years. The range of freshly baked cakes, tarts and hearty lunch dishes is particularly valued. With a Google rating of 4.7 points, the restaurant is very well rated and radiates cosiness and personal atmosphere. Thiele emphasizes how important the relationship with her guests is - a philosophy that made the "Café Flair" great.

A new era begins

For the future of the café, Kathrin Thiele is optimistic. It is confident that a successor can be found who continues to operate the restaurant. The "Café Flair" offers flexible potential for new business ideas: whether as a bistro, snack bar or for other gastronomic concepts - the possibilities are varied. The catering industry in which the café is embedded is one of the important economic factors in Germany and reflects the cultural diversity of the country. This also shows a current analysis that finds that catering businesses with innovative ideas and a fresh concept can be successful, even in economically challenging times, such as [g--gastro.de] (https://g-wie-gastro.de/top-themen/trends-in-der-gastronomie/gastronomie-statistics restorant-Facts-trends-2024.html) reported.

Thiele plans to spoil their guests with their diverse program until the last day. The café is open from Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and also offers the opportunity to take dishes with you. "We have fresh cakes and cookies every day that are not only a hit at Christmas time," she explains with a smile. With prices between 10 and 20 euros per person, the “Café Flair” has also proven to be largely inexpensive. A special feature that many guests appreciate.

A look back at a long time

In the past, the café was a stomach filler for many, especially on Friday during the weekly market. Today Thiele looks back on the changes in the catering scene. The catering market has changed a lot in recent years, also due to the global challenges of recent years. Many restaurants are fighting for survival. Statistics show that the number of employees in catering in 2023 was still almost 6.7 percent below the 2019 level.

Especially for independent restaurants like the Café Flair, it is becoming increasingly difficult to assert itself in a market dominated by large corporations. Nevertheless, the strengthening of the regional products and the personal touch of the gastronomy shows good approaches to gain guests. According to g--gastro.de, 78 percent of the guests prefer restaurants that offer regional products.

While an era is coming to an end, hope for a fresh start lives on. The "Café Flair" will soon close its doors, but the memories of many beautiful moments will live on in Grevesmühlen.