An emotional closure for the Stars’N’Bars
Announced in November, the final closure of the Stars’N’Bars is made on January 27th. A last evening accompanied by the farewells of the establishment.
It’s 4:30 p.m.: only a few hours separate the Stars’N’Bars of its permanent closure. Before closing an important chapter, Didier Rubiolo and his team organize a last evening in the establishment, open to all.
” The Stars’N’Bars has had 2,300 employees in 30 years. I know that some and some will surprise me from far away, they have already taken their plane tickets », smiles the co-founder of the establishment. ” In 30 years, we have created something incredible. (…) The spirit of Kate will be there tonight, with the whole team “, he continues, naming his ex-collaborator, Kate Powers, deceased in 2021 and with whom he founded the Stars’N’Bars in 1993.
The shutdown of his establishment, Didier Rubiolo confides that he does not ” still do it. It must be said that times are not calm for the owner. This closure takes place in parallel with a future opening, a new concept establishment which will replace the Star’N’Bars.
As of this weekend, the first moves have taken place. The address does not change: 6, quai Antoine Ier will welcome the newcomer. For the moment, little information except that in November 2022, Didier Rubiolo planned ” a two-month closure at the end of January. » « We are going to go from 800 covers / day to 200 customers maximum, but it is a will “, he added.
Good news for his team: the staff remains the same for this new start. ” The Stars is really a family “, rejoices Thomas Gabrieli, who officiates as room manager. ” The goal is to keep the same team, the same composition, to change the concept but to keep the same soul “, he explains to us.
We have collected all of these testimonies and discussed with regulars, saddened by the closure. To be found in our report on the subject!