Overview

• Five long-open kiosks in the university quarter and one nearby restaurant must stop selling chips after 20:00 and bottled beer after 22:00 under Bavaria’s Ladenschlussgesetz.
• Operators say the measures have slashed their after-hours revenue and threaten their livelihoods, with some alleging they are treated less favorably than local bars.
• The Kreisverwaltungsreferat reports fewer noise complaints, less litter and reduced alcohol-related incidents since enforcing the existing law, though critics question the timing during summer holidays.
• Around 60 demonstrators, including kiosk owners and students, joined a Die Partei protest on Saturday under the slogan “Anwohner nerven” to oppose the curbs on late-night sales.
• City council members remain divided over possible new rules and vendors are preparing legal appeals to challenge the enforcement.