Eli5: A lot of restaurants are closed on Mondays, which makes sense to me since they’ve been open all weekend. Why do a lot of Asian restaurants close on Tuesday instead?
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For weekend workers, Monday is their weekend, before the back to normal work on Tuesday.
It’s not a perfect answer to your question, but I’ve asked this question to a few different Asian restaurants staff and that’s the answer they give me.
Because people gotta have somewhere to go when everything is closed Monday. Makes sense to me.
Where are you living that they’re closed on Mondays?
Mondays and Tuesdays are traditionally the slowest days of the week for restaurants, while Friday > Sun are the busiest.
So if you are going to close down for a day Mon-Tues are the days that will hurt the least financially.
You also have to consider that there is a cost to being open. When the door is open you have to pay for supplies, gas, wages, etc etc. If you don’t do enough business to cover that they you’ll save money by closing down that day.
Smaller places often only have limited staff so closing down for a couple of days is them taking a weekend.
Restaurants can also use that day to deep clean, prep for the week, or do small renos or repairs if required
Tuesdays are the slowest day of the week. That is why many that remain open on Tuesdays offer great deals on those days.
I don’t think bank holidays are a thing in the US? In the UK, bank holidays are always on a Monday. If they were closed during a public holiday i.e. Monday, they would lose out.
Monday in New Orleans is RB&R day. Red beans and rice. Some spots open for the tradition but close on Tuesday. Just depends. The RB&R Twitter guy is hilarious though.
For the older Chinese communities in the UK- historically, Tuesdays was the day they all chose as the day off as they would gather at their local ‘會館’ which was like a community hub.
Nowadays, it’s more just to have a day off somewhere in the week that is less busy and also allows them to sort out errands at things like banks or getting to doctors/dentist appointments which are more convenient on weekdays.
I always thought it was because Tuesday is like their Sunday.. for family time or whatever..
It is just cost analysis.
It isn’t that they are closed Mondays because they have been open all weekend, it is just that Monday is generally a slow day for the majority of restaurants, at almost all time of the year (depending on where you live).
Restaurants earn a very small profit margin, being open on Mondays or Tuesdays can cost a lot of overhead cost. Energy, staffing, prepping food that might not be used before it expires are some examples of what to consider when being open on a slow day. Being open on slow days can just cost you money, a lot of money.
I work at a restaurant that was closed Mondays, and open only for lunch (11-430) on Tuesdays, simply because it was more economical for those hours. They were even considering being closed Tuesdays for the winter season, just because it was common to only get around 5 tables, they didn’t really make money those days.
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