Rymy-Eetu owner: Young Tampereans still drink but tighter budgets hit nightlife
Rymy-Eetu owner Tarja Palomäki says young Tampereans still drink in restaurants but have less money to spend, and nightlife is harder to attract because of high alcohol taxes, smartphones and streaming services.
Tarja Palomäki, owner of Rymy-Eetu and other venues in Tampere and Helsinki, told Tamperelainen that young people's alcohol consumption in restaurants has not fallen significantly — they simply have less money to spend.
Palomäki, 62, who runs several Rymy-Eetu locations as well as Storyville and the Tripla terrace Hard Day's Night, introduced disco nights at Storyville after the traditional jazz audience aged and the business needed new foot traffic. Rymy-Eetu’s long-running Oktoberfest has become a late-night party where revelry often escalates to dancing on tables "at one's own responsibility." She blames high alcohol taxes, smartphones and streaming services for making it harder to draw people out.
Raised in a restaurateur family and having started work at 15, Palomäki still hosts events at her own venues but rarely visits other establishments. She spends winters in Torrevieja, prefers white wine or the Finnish long drink, and last danced on a Rymy-Eetu bench in February–March to the party version of "Shanghai Lights."
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