The impending closure of the 70-year-old butcher shop follows a long list of businesses that have closed their doors since the pandemic — but new shops are also arriving to fill their place.John Diener is planning to close down Saslove's Meat Market at the end of September, ending the butcher shop's 70-year run in the ByWard Market. In the 58 years since John Diener began working for his father at Saslove's Meat Market, he's seen a lot of ByWard Market businesses close up shop.
Last year, Mohammed Echchaje opened Marrakech Crafts to sell Moroccan handicrafts, including handmade leather bags. He sees "a lot of effort" to attract more people to the market and to fill it with an even richer cultural mix.The ByWard Market District Authority, which began operations in November, didn't have data on how many businesses have opened or closed during the pandemic.
Friday was only her third day in the ByWard Market — each immigrant entrepreneur has the pop-up for just one week — but she sees a lot to like in the neighbourhood.
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