Hot food is banned in Budapest’s subways: no more lángos, chimney cake and sausages
The Budapest Mayor’s Office has prohibited the preparation of hot food in the city’s underground passages, meaning residents and commuters will no longer be able to buy hot sandwiches, gyros, grilled sausages, breaded meat, or chimney cakes in these locations.
In response to Blikk‘s inquiry, the Mayor’s Office confirmed that hot food vendors operating in Budapest’s underpasses will be banned from cooking. Officials explained the decision by citing infrastructure concerns, stating that the kiosks and pavilions set up in these areas are “unsuitable for such activities due to their utility provisions and design.”
The office highlighted several issues related to on-site hot food preparation, including frequent complaints about odours, grease condensation in ventilation ducts that are difficult to clean, and improper disposal of used oil and fat, often resulting in drainage systems being clogged, which were designed solely for rainwater.
As a result, “on-site cooking will no longer be a permitted activity in any underpass starting 1st January 2025,” effectively amounting to a ban. Authorities noted that affected vendors were informed of the decision in advance. While the range of available food options will decrease, the office confirmed that rental fees for pavilions will not be reduced accordingly, as the usage fees have always been determined uniformly, regardless of activity type.
There is no mention of whether the Budapest transport company is planning improvements to allow hot food vendors to return to the underpasses. Also noteworthy is the question of how, if the decision increases the number of already vacant shops in the underpasses, they plan to rent them out and revitalise the area.
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Any DIALOGUE with the number of Vendors ?
Job loses ?
Family run businesses, like we saw eventuated out of Covid – destroyed ?
Numbers of these operations, especially in the summer months, questions can be asked under Health & Safety – the questionable CLEANLINESS of there operation.
I can come up with number of Districts, that this DECISION, especially at Metro Stations – reads as though this decision will have IMPACT on businesses referred in this article, there operation.
Hope – through DIALOGUE – a “middle ground” can be found.
Ah, Big Government…
Where would we be without it…
It used to be that the purpose of the government was defense, law enforcement, and criminal justice. Now they dictate to use where we can make, buy, and sell hot pockets. And we just take it, like good little sheep.
Geez…
Or should that be “BAAAAAA…”
The train stations on average are decrepit, gross, with homeless drunks, or addicts or worse at every station entry on both sides of the river, garbage everywhere, stinks of urine, disgruntled people standing in the frigid winters there scanning tickets in places machines could be doing it – going after vendors seems really thin and pointless when there is other stuff to clean up and make better. Now the stations everywhere are gross. Fining tourists for open coffee cups? When it’s all so disgusting, is hypocritical. Anybody take a look at Déli recently? It should be dismantled, destroyed and replaced. It’s disgusting blight.
The trains work, they are on time – this is a plus – now clean up the stations and compel people to use public transport more than cars, that is a benefit to the city and the quality of life. Support vendors, but help them clean up their business and the area around it, rather than just punish.
Kodar, constructive what you write, as is SURPRISINGLY, what the paid up of FULL membership of the Fidesz Political Party, his “Demi-God” being Victor Mihaly. Orban – Steiner Michael’s contribution.
IMAGE of a City, especially in areas of TOURIST – high level people movement, should be a PRIORITY of Government and District Councils to ensure they are PRESENTABLE.
Kodar, correct, in the “picture” contained in his commentary, that we DO have excessive numbers of HIGH people movement – not forgetting, we as Hungarians deserve “presentable” public transportation “hubs” from the taxes we pay or house rates we pay to the Government and District council.
Airport Bus – departure from Deak Ferenc – absolute DUMNESS of BKK, the District Council and the Orban led Fidesz Government inclusive the ticket inspectors – not to have a PRESENTABLE with coverage – departure facility that whatever climatic conditions are, they HAVE a facility to cover there HEADS for what ever the weather conditions are.
PRESENTATION – of which Deak Ferenc airport departure point is at present, users Hungarians and TOURIST – needs URGENT human brain power vision and in-put – and MODERNIZED.
Lidl – causeway it is positioned on – at Blaha Lujza – another “STINK” zone – in NEED of a clean up and MODERNIZED.
Blaha Lujza ter – must have constant POLICING – to ensure it doesn’t revert back to it’s IMAGE and reputation prior to the APPEELING changes to Blaha Lujza ter, and with further BIG projects that will operate in Blaha ter – needs POLICING maintained it does not become “a home away from home” – or HOME – to numbers using Blaha ter for that purpose.
IMAGE – standards for firstly Hungarians and visitors / tourists to our Capital City – our Country – does NEED increased Human Brain POWER – to IMPROVE in vast “places” that are LARGE people movement locations – cleaned up and MODERNIZED.