A downtown Belleville restaurant that has been in operation for 14 years won’t be reopening after the COVID-19 shutdown.
Owner Mark Rashotte made the announcement on his Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon that Cafe E, beside the Empire Theatre, will be closing up shop.
Rashotte says physical distancing guidelines and potential changes to how restaurants will operate moving forward, will make it almost impossible to do business.
Rashotte says it was important to make the decision to allow his staff to look for other opportunities and that plans are in the works to do something different with the space moving forward.
Rashotte added that while Cafe E won’t open as is, he and his wife do have a plan for the location moving forward.
He says that in all likelihood, the new space wouldn’t be open until the fall.