Florentin is busier than ever. Despite the lockdown, they have managed to sell more than 500 Christmas boxes and a Christmas menu is being prepared for more than 1100 guests consisting of a menu of 12 different dishes.
Restaurant Florence
Florentin is a unique and cool restaurant in the Ebbingekwartier and is located in the former old gas factory. The concept is inspired by the alternative neighborhood Florentin located in Tel Aviv. The kitchen is therefore focused on the Balagan eating style and is popular on social media, among other things, because of the desserts that you can literally eat from the table.
Lockdown
When the catering industry was allowed to remain open until 17 p.m., the Balagan restaurant started selling boxes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. These boxes contain twelve weekly changing dishes. For Christmas, the special Christmess Balagan Box has been added, so that everyone can enjoy an evening of Florentin at home.
Closed to guests
For both Christmas days, the concept 'The Brunch Club' was launched and fully booked. Unfortunately, the brunches could not continue thanks to the new corona measures, but luckily, pickup and delivery of food is possible. Florentin has therefore responded to this, with the result that during the Christmas season, 1100 people from Groningen are cooked!
Last Wednesday afternoon the boxes were already sold out. Owner Emile Bos himself could not have dreamed that it would be such a great success: ”We had expected to be full in the restaurant during Christmas brunches, but unfortunately this could not take place, so we focused on the Christmess Boxes . That all boxes are now sold out is more than we could hope for.”
Christmas dinner at home
It is still quite a logistical job to prepare and package all Balagan Christmess boxes. With 25 employees, Florentin spends more than 6 days preparing, which are long days during the holidays themselves. “We are very happy that despite this time, we can ensure that our guests have a nice and tasty Christmas with the entire staff, with that bit of hospitality feeling at home,” says Emile. Florentin is going on a well-deserved vacation after the holidays, in the new year they are back to prepare a new Balagan menu every weekend.
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