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Szeged’s oldest and most famous restaurant closes – PHOTOS
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As no chef could be found, the famous restaurant Gulyás Csárda (Goulash Tavern), which has been operating in Szeged for 65 years, closes down. Even for a sufficient salary offer, noone wanted to work in the restaurant as a chef.
After 65 years, the end is here for Gulyás Csárda
The restaurant has been open every day for 65 years, apart from the strictest epidemic closure in recent years, Szegedi Nap reports. Even though they offered a job for eight hours and a net salary of HUF 450 000 (EUR 1122), no chefs have applied. Thus, after more than six decades of operation, one of Szeged’s first restaurants, the Gulyás Csárda, closed. The owner of the restaurant, János Holló, told Index about the circumstances of the closure.
Severe labour shortage
“The labour shortage is so severe that we had to close the Gulyás Csárda in Szeged. And it is not just a local problem, it is a national problem, that we ran out of cooks. But train drivers and bricklayers cannot begin to cook, because the expertise is needed. I will find gold in the grass before I find a good cook in Hungary. That is how bad the lack of supply is,” János Holló, who was forced to close his iconic restaurant nearly a week and a half ago, shared his story with Index.