Perelov's tea house in danger

After the Moscow authorities increased the rent 12 times, one of the oldest shops in Moscow-“Tea and Coffee” on Myasnitskaya Street, a former Perelova tea shop, has been working since the 1890s, may be closed.

The contract with the city on direct lease by Tea and Coffee was signed until 2017. The authorities took the store for 30 days to start paying rent for the building and for land.

“An increase in the lease occurred immediately by 12 times. There were 2 million rubles a year, it became 26 million. ” The only way to survive for the store is to raise prices for all goods 12 times. It is forbidden to expand the area and change the layout, since the premises are under the protection of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage, ” Vesti told the program. Moscow » Inessa Karavines store manager.

Officials confirm that the new lease rules do not apply only to socially significant objects. The tea store does not belong to their number.

“Here, by law, nothing but tea and coffee cannot be sold. - told the Great City Director of Tea and Coffee Inna Vennik. - And that's right. No room can be leased. As everything was 30 years ago, everything is. What remains? We cannot raise prices 12 times. We will lose our customers and close. Although we are not a social store, but we have a pricing policy now as to satisfy all the requests. ”

“Now we are trying to hold a rally of collecting signatures of the population in order to apply with an open letter to the city. We already have about 1,500 signatures. - says the general director. - Let's go to court to challenge the rental rate. We will try to attract artists, maybe someone else will help us. ”