Restaurateur Oleksandr Penkivskyi: “During the pandemic, I have not signed off any of my employees”

Oleksandr Penkivskyi is the Key Executive MBA program of the Lviv Business School of UCU (LvBS) graduate, an owner of the “City Café” restaurant chain (Ternopil). In addition, he actively organizes tours. He has implemented a great deal of charity projects, but prefers not to talk about it, because he adheres to a principle that charity should be quiet. He reads about 30 books a year, loves to travel and change the world for the better.

«City cafe» consists of 5 restaurats: Pasta Fresca, Barbaresko, Le Rock, Piazza  (the town of Chortkiv) та INSHYY Prosecco Pub. Oleksandr opened his last two restaurants while studying at LvBS. During the pandemic any of the employees hasn’t been signed off. 

Oleksandr shared how he started his own business, what challenges he faced during the crisis, how his studying at LvBS has affected his business and what the restaurant industry will look like after the pandemic.