Saint Petersburg23.11.2023 - 13:22

An unusual restaurant in St. Petersburg will close due to lack of profitability

The social project was deemed unsuccessful.

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In St. Petersburg is preparing to close the restaurant "Hobo", launched with the support of the charitable organization "Nochlezhka", which provided work for homeless people, "Fontanka" has learned.

According to the statement of the creators of the project, it successfully fulfilled its social mission, but financial sustainability was not achieved.

During the period of its work, the restaurant held internships and provided jobs for 15 people. Some of them acquired the professions of cooks, waiters and bartenders, found themselves in catering, and others successfully adapted in other professional spheres.

The founders of Nochlezhka noted that they decided not to continue the experiment, but to direct resources to more effective projects, focusing on the development of transit assistance rather than on the restaurant itself.

The restaurant "Hobo" will finally close on December 10.

Recall that earlier were named the most scarce sectors of the economy of St. Petersburg in terms of workers.

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