A collection of businesses at Victoria Public Market is scrambling to find new space following the sudden termination of their lease.

Members of Coho Commissary, a shared commercial kitchen space in the market, have all been affected. The businesses, which until now relied on Coho Commissary as their operating space, were given only one monthB次元官网网址檚 notice their lease would be ending, leaving them without space to operate.

Chef Kiran Kolathodane of Caf茅 Malabar said the decision was made despite his understanding that the minimum notice period was three months. Now, they will have to shift some focus away from a busy holiday season to finding a new place to operate.

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The cafe's last day of service at the Victoria Public Market will be on Dec. 29, the business announced in an Instagram post.

Cafe Malabar, which was recently named one of the Top 5 Best New Restaurants in Canada by Air CanadaB次元官网网址檚 enRoute magazine, was fortunate to have already planned a temporary closure in January to visit Kerala, India. However, they will now have to spend some of that time searching for new accommodations.

Kolathodane said they are sad to leave the market but had already planned to move into a new space soon.

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For other restaurants operating in the market, however, the future remains uncertain.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e sad to say we will be closing until further notice,B次元官网网址� Sushi Oota-ya announced in an Instagram post. Their last day in the market will be Dec. 28. While they are searching for a new base of operations, the timeline is unclear.