COVID-19 causes restaurant to close doors indefinitely

Angel’s Bakery and Cafe made the announcement on Facebook that the restaurant will be closing indefinitely on April, 1.

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Closing the doors to dine-in customers has lead to local restaurants making significant changes.fox 55's jeremy masukevich tells us how covid-19 lead to some doors being closed for good.

Nat angie 41:00 ask any restaurant owner or small business owner you are worried about your future.fort wayne resident mathew johnson didn't know his stop at angel bakery and cafe today could be his last.nat mathew 52:10 i just heard they are closing on wednesday so that kinda stinks ?lower third: mathew johnson, fort wayne resident sot mathew 52:25this is a place a regularly come to once or twice a week that i'm not going to be able to in the near future.for owner angie bracey the decision to close angel's bakery and cafe on april first couldn't have come at a more difficult time.

?lower third: angie bracey, angel's bakery and cafe owner sot angie 41:25this is truly our busiest time of the year we do a third of our annual business at this time of year because of all the events that are typically going on.bracey says she waited as long as she possibly could before making the decision to close.but as one event cancelled after the other she had no choice.

Saying goodbye to the staff stung the most.sot angie 46:50 the worst and probably hardest part that i waited so long to do was to lay some people off, i didn't want to let anyone go.

Bracey says not being locked into a long-term lease helped bring some clarity to the decision.she says small businesses with long-term options may be able to survive sot angie 45:40my fellow business owners that are in leases, that is going to be tough.

You may be okay right now but they are eventually going to want their money.

I can walk away without having to pay off a leasedon hall's guesthouse hotel and conference center is also ceasing operations in response to covid-19.its owners say their restaurants will remain open.bracey says she expects more businesses to close moving forward.sot angie 46:08 unless a miracle happens or some kind of assistance comes through i don't see how it is feasible for us to make up for all that we have lost.in decatur, jeremy masukevich, fox 55 news after wednesday angel's bakery wednesday after after wednesday angel's bakery and cafe will remain open for carry-out and curbside orders as long as supplies last.

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