Tossing a pancake in the face of the system

The people who broke into this abandoned outlet (the organisers of the campaign described the event as a "public bar opening") are not criminals. Their campaign has drawn people's attention to the problem of utilising empty premises that belong to the municipality. Service outlets, small shops and bars serving cheap meals have been steadily disappearing from the centre of Warsaw, often replaced by banks. The Prasowy milk bar was one such place. It was shut a few months ago (the person who ran it decided to close the business). All that was left was an empty outlet. And the ?what next' questionThe organisers of the public bar opening are of the opinion that "its closing signifies the loss of yet another place that was used by Warsaw city residents of limited means". And they are right. After the closure of the bar, the municipality was planning to find another tenant via a tender procedure, with the winner being the one to agree to the highest rent. A small outlet in the city centre wou