A gaststätte is best described as a pub....no rooms available, no food, no snacks and its usually a neighborhood place where thirty to fifty local guys hang out once or twice a week....to stay away from their wives or play cards.
On most Monday through Friday nights...there will be a dozen German guys standing there.....avoiding going home. There will always be a four guys in the corner, usually playing cards. One guy typically runs the bar, and its usually his second job.
Its hard to say if a gaststatte actually makes much of a profit. I'm guessing most make enough to pay for the heat, electrical and cost of the place....and maybe put $200 a month profit into the bartender's pocket. Considering there is no food typically involved in a place like this....then its a particular crowd who comes to frequent. Guys typically avoid getting into serious arguments at a place like this because if they ever irratate the bartender....they get tossed out and there usually aren't any alternate places to hang out. So folks tend to stay friendly.
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