In The Great Blackout, Caracas Steakhouses Are Busier Than Ever
- The rich can easily escape, thanks to private generators
- For the rest, especially in the slums, ‘it’s miserable’
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The staff at Maute Grill never stopped uncorking the bottles of fine Chilean reds. The place was packed at night, and the lights were on, while every inch of Caracas without a generator was in the dark.
The famed steakhouse has one, of course. “We’re attending to a specific kind of clientele,” said Ramon Villarreal, a waiter serving up sirloin steak and pork tenderloin to the lunch crowd Tuesday. “But there has been a flood of people.”