World Scene: Spain

'Anti-crisis' lunch for 1 euro

A restaurant in Gijon, of northern Spain, has started offering a lunch time "anti-crisis" menu for just one euro to help its customers in the industrial port face up to the sharp economic slowdown.

"We don't make money but we are not losing money either," one of the managers of Dario's restaurant, Emilia Jimenez, told Spanish media, adding that business on weekends makes up for its budget-priced on Thursday lunches.