The managers of the establishment assure that they no longer vary the menu of stews, but rather have a kind of fixed menu with stews such as cecina, beef milanese, breaded chicken breast, green enchiladas or enmoladas.
“It is no longer convenient to make much of a single stew, because there are not many customers and we do not know if it is going to stay, that is why we offer more cecina or milanese, which are cooked at the moment. That way you don’t lose so much”, says one of the cooks.
The place looks empty and most people order their food to go. The clients, before, were the teachers of two nearby schools and office workers or home sellers who worked nearby until before the pandemic.
Despite the relatively low demand, in ‘Las cazuelas del uncle’ they also decided to raise their prices because they raised the amount of rent and that supplies such as oil and gas also had increases.
In January, annual inflation, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reached 7.07% per year. The increase in the rates of lunchrooms, taquerias and inns was one of those that had the greatest impact on the National Consumer Price Index.