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Businesses look to reopen along Oak Bay Avenue

Non-essential stores await Restart Plan green light
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Jake Armstrong and Fiona De Lange work at Ottavio Italian Bakery which has remained open by serving goods from the parking lot. Ottavios is adding a daily coffee window on Tuesday as the province moves cautiously closer to reopening restaurants. (Travis Paterson/B次元官网网址 Staff)

The baker is back and that means so are Ottavio Italian BakeryB次元官网网址檚 popular croissants.

The coffee shop and deli has managed to stay open during the pandemic and now things are looking up as Dr. Bonnie Henry has presented a cautious reopening plan starting in mid-May.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檝e had pickup orders from our parking lot [out back] and now weB次元官网网址檙e very excited to have our baker back and we are opening a coffee window,B次元官网网址 said general manager Genevieve Laplante. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 also excited for what Bonnie Henry is saying.B次元官网网址

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Ottavio deli is officially opening the walk-up coffee window on Wednesday, May 13, but it might not be long before they can open the store (at a limited capacity) again.

Heather Leary puts together the Oak Bay Business Improvement AssociationB次元官网网址檚 business activity summary for member businesses and said that while things might seem quiet the current report is seven pages long.

B次元官网网址淎 lot of businesses are open even if their front door isnB次元官网网址檛 open,B次元官网网址 Leary said. B次元官网网址淭hey adapted through offering delivery, through offering curbside delivery and pickup options. Businesses are still here to serve the community, itB次元官网网址檚 just in a different capacity in some cases. TheyB次元官网网址檙e really being flexible in making things happen.B次元官网网址

Sales for art are down but galleries are surviving so far with online sales, video tours and virtual exhibitions.

Ottavio bakery and deli, for example, is not at full staff but they wish they were, Laplante said.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e pretty excited for the coffee pick-up and for pastries,B次元官网网址 Laplante said. B次元官网网址淭he baker is fastidious and his croissants are the best in the city, though IB次元官网网址檓 biased, but a lot of people have been asking for them.B次元官网网址

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