‘We just need a spark’: Business owners hopeful Monday’s reopening is their last one

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Bars and restaurants can reopen for indoor dining with capacity limits on Monday, along with gyms, theatres and museums.

The manager of Toronto’s popular Lakeview Restaurant says restaurants and bars “just need a spark,” as COVID-19 restrictions lift Monday to allow indoor dining with capacity limits.

Perhaps more than anything, business owners are hoping this is the last time they’re forced to close, after having gone through waves of lockdowns and reopenings, then back into lockdown, since the“This one kind of feels like we got a bit of a different kind of burnout than last time … We felt a bit more defeated with this one,” Avenins said of the recent closure. “We’re hopeful that it’s the last one, the last time we’re going to have to close, so we have a lot of energy to get back into it.

“The first one was almost euphoric, in that we were back in business, but it’s been up and down, up and down, so it’s kind of even keel now,” he said. “The first time was more ‘Oh my god, how do we do this? What are we going to do about Plexiglas barriers and physical distancing?’ ” he said.

 

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krushowy We'll see how much damage the police and province ignoring the traveling clown show did.

Sorry. Little chance of that.

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