Hey Coffee Geeks, we wanted to send you some news about our Bay View cafe in advance of a social post that we will be sharing with our customers this afternoon. Please review the copy from that post (which we will post at 2:30pm) below.
“We are deeply saddened to announce that our Bay View cafe will be permanently closing after business on December 5th. This was not something we had planned. We love this cafe and the Bay View community. We just finished remodeling and investing in our exterior seating area at the end of this last summer, and we were developing plans to refresh the cafe interior as well. However, we’ve been trying to work with the building’s current owner to resolve a structural issue with the south facing exterior wall. We believe this wall poses a safety risk for our customers and employees. In spite of our efforts, we were unable to resolve the issue to our satisfaction. We are so thankful for the support of the wonderful people of Bay View over the last 18 years this cafe has been open. We are disappointed about the need to close under these circumstances, but we are determined to move forward.”
One other thing we’d want to make clear is that all team members will be retained and transferred to other cafes and all committed hours ranges will also be maintained. We did speak with each of the Bay View team members prior to sending this text, and will be working with them in the days ahead on transfer logistics. If you have any questions at all, please reach out to Eric or Drew. We’re happy to chat with any of you about this situation in more detail if you’d like.
On we go…
-Eric, eresch@stonecreekcoffee.com