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[todd]

^Two if you care about local businesses.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 April 2020 - 01:06 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Mike K.]

Shuttered Bird of Paradise Pub to make way for 251-suite condominium project in Saanich

https://victoria.cit...ect-in-saanich/

[Victoria Watcher]

Throughout the myriad economic discombobulations of this wretched pandemic, The Capital has been trying hard to keep tabs on how you can keep supporting our struggling local businesses. We put together a list of every eatery that was offering takeout and delivery and then assembled a catalogue of every store that was offering COVID-friendly shopping. Now, dining-in has returned to the Capital Region. 

 

Below, we assembled the most comprehensive list we could of every place you can now eat in Victoria that isn’t your kitchen table. 

 

Did we miss anything? Email contact@capnews.ca and please include a link. 

 

 

 

https://www.capnews....id19-restaurant

 

it's of course not a super big list.  presumably hundreds of places are missing off there.  but at least someone made the effort.

 

the dvba has a longer list:  https://downtownvict...n-for-business/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 June 2020 - 06:56 AM.

[gstc84]

The Vicious Poodle Pub is opening on Johnson this Friday. Caught a glimpse in the door yesterday and it looks good. Sign on the door says they're currently permitted up to 34 occupants. They're planning to have shows on Tuesday nights, and a regular Saturday drag brunch. Can't wait to check it out.

[Victoria Watcher]

where on Johnson?

[gstc84]

where on Johnson?

 

726 Johnson. Used to be Sockeye Sushi.

[Victoria Watcher]

i'm seeing most pubs/bars are closing at 10pm or 11pm weekdays, maybe midnight weekends.  is that a requirement?  or is business not so good late?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 June 2020 - 06:18 PM.

[Matt R.]

^

Weird, the PHO hasn’t requested that you get contact info from every table.

Matt.

[Greg]

The Irish Times asked for a cell phone number when we went there a week or so ago...

[Mike K.]

Right. I got asked at a pub once, but never again has that happened, anywhere.

[FogPub]

So, to sum up: over the last month or two we've had:

 

CLOSED:

 

Redd's

 

NEW:

 

Vicious Poodle (as of Fri.)

 

FUTURE UNCERTAIN:

 

Copper Owl (at Paul's Motor Inn)

 

I feel like there's something I'm missing there - did another one also permanently close recently, other than Redd's?

[Matt R.]

The Irish Times asked for a cell phone number when we went there a week or so ago...

The order is that if you already, in the course of normal business, collect that information then you must keep it on file for 30 days. Otherwise, no need.

That got changed from collecting info from every table where “practicable”.

Matt.

[Victoria Watcher]

So, to sum up: over the last month or two we've had:

 

CLOSED:

 

Redd's

 

NEW:

 

Vicious Poodle (as of Fri.)

 

FUTURE UNCERTAIN:

 

Copper Owl (at Paul's Motor Inn)

 

I feel like there's something I'm missing there - did another one also permanently close recently, other than Redd's?

 

bart's closed forever?

[Mike K.]

That’s it.

Not forever, but there’s no reopening date.

[TransplantedEdmontonian]

bart's closed forever?

 

New ownership is taking over and there's nothing official I've heard in terms of who owns it or when it will open again.  It is not closed forever.

[Victoria Watcher]

i guess i did not mean forever.  but not re-opening like most places have.  presumably places that do not re-open now are undergoing some type of shake-up.  staff or management or ownership or otherwise.

[FogPub]

Update: Vicious Poodle was open when I went by earlier - well, yesterday now as I type this.  Soft opening was June 10, official opening is June 12.

 

Regrettably I didn't have time to stop off for a beer, but it looks like a nice little pub - the sort we need many more of around town.

[Victoria Watcher]

Restaurant restrictions easing

https://www.cbc.ca/n...ne-11-1.5608550

 

Henry also announced Thursday that she is lifting restrictions on restaurants that required them to operate at 50 per cent of their regular capacity. 

A modified public health order requires restaurants to determine how many people they can serve while still maintaining a two-metre distance between groups. Operators are required to monitor their premises to make sure that capacity isn't exceeded and those distances are maintained, including in line-ups.

The order says there can be no more than six people in any party, and if a two-metre distance can't be maintained between tables, a Plexiglas partition should be installed.

Buffets and self-serve stations are allowed to operate as long as there is a handwashing facility or hand sanitizer within easy reach and signs reminding customers to clean their hands before touching anything.

 

 

 

so now that things are back to normal can we re-open government street?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 June 2020 - 04:41 PM.