Overview
- The giant planters that ringed the Saint-Ouen Master Poulet, installed Friday after a court forced the city to remove concrete blocks, were being dismantled Tuesday while the restaurant stayed open.
- The Montreuil administrative court ruled the concrete blockade manifestly illegal and ordered its removal, while confirming the outlet lacks authorization to use a terrace.
- Mayor Karim Bouamrane says he is fighting junk food and protecting residents from late-night deliveries, repeated noise, and cooking odors, and the city has filed complaints over the restaurant’s banner campaign.
- La France insoumise figures have backed the chain, and local MP Éric Coquerel wrote to the Seine-Saint-Denis prefect alleging an excess of power by the mayor.
- Master Poulet, known for very low-priced halal chicken, is expanding in Île-de-France and plans a new site at Paris’s Châtelet, raising the stakes for similar town-by-town clashes over fast-food growth.