“This will probably be the nail in the coffin.” “There are probably a lot of businesses that were teetering prior to this,” he said. However, he said he was fortunate because he has cash reserves he can draw upon and even a landlord who is willing to cut him some slack with rent payments if needed. Gedz said that in the days before his closures, business had been down 30 per cent.
Ivan Gedz, who closed Union Local 613 and cocktail lounge Jabberwocky, said he had pondered ways of staying open if permitted, but then decided “it’s far more prudent not to continue to spread the virus.” “But my employees’ welfare is important to me at this moment.”Īmong the Ottawa-area restaurants that in the last few days took to social media to announce their closures ahead of the recommendation were Union Local 613, Supply and Demand, Atelier, the three Beckta Group restaurants Beckta, Gezellig and Play, Alice, Fauna, Bar Laurel, Edgar, Riviera, North & Navy, the east-end Indian restaurant NH 44, and the barbecue restaurants Mason-Dixon and Lexington. “I am not in a bad position,” said Thottungal, who owns the Coconut Lagoon building. Thottungal, a prominent Ottawa chef, said he should be able to weather the impact of COVID-19 financially. There will be strong demand,” Thottungal said. “I think it’s important to feed the people as much as possible.
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Like Grunt, such restaurants as NeXT in Stittsville, El Camino on Elgin Street, EVOO on Preston Street and Harbin, a Chinese restaurant on March Road, will curtail their dining-room business but remain open with minimal staffing to offer food for take-out or delivery.Ĭoconut Lagoon on Saint Laurent Boulevard will stay open and offer take-out food and free deliveries, relying on a crew of three or four instead of the usual 16, he said. Vera Etches, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, had said on Sunday that hundreds of residents could be infected in the city as she appealed to people to stay home and strictly limit their social gatherings and practise social distancing. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa sat at 13 as of Tuesday morning. “People’s safety is all I’m really thinking about.” “But I have to make sure I’m not a part of the spread of this virus,” McLelland said. The provincial recommendation does allow restaurants to scale back their operations to prepare food for take-out and delivery purchases, and McLelland says Grunt will go that route. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.National Capital Region's Top Employers.
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