The first naked restaurant in Paris is shutting down due to low patronage despite a lot of French citizens (about 2.7 million people) practicing naturists.
The nudist restaurant in the east of Paris, called “O’Naturel”, opened in November 2017 and got rave reviews from customers who were expected to shed their clothes in the cloakroom and leave it there along with mobile phones to prevent people from sneaking a photo of other customers.
Twins Mike and Stephane Saada, who own the restaurant said they will close for good on February 16.
“It is now or never,” they urged the curious “wanting to experience a last nude dinner in Paris”.
“We are counting on you to support us,” they wrote on Facebook. “We thank everyone for taking part in this adventure. We will only remember the good moments and the great people we met.”
“We are counting on you to support us,” they wrote on Facebook. “We thank everyone for taking part in this adventure. We will only remember the good moments and the great people we met.”
News of the closure sent a chill through the French naturist world, but campaigner Cedric Amato said the restaurant was ahead of its time.
“It may have been a little early” for an all year round nudist establishment in Paris, he told AFP.
“I ate there many times and it was very good,” but the fact that it was in a residential area and did not have a terrace for good weather counted against it, he said.
Source: Lailanews