Its homeowners made the announcement on Instagram final evening, apologising for issues coming to “such an abrupt finish” after greater than a yr of discussions with the Dunedin Metropolis Council about infrastructure upgrades that require a big new underground pipe via the bakery premises.
“We have accepted we have to shut Facet On and vacate the premises.
“We tried to discover a new residence, tried to discover different choices, however it did not pan out. It has ended up coming all the way down to the wire,” they stated.
“Issues have solely actually began transferring ahead within the final 2 months, which is the explanation for such brief discover. We all know the work must occur and we ship our apologies for coming to such an abrupt finish.”
They have been excited to see what the brand new yr introduced although, they stated.
“Extra quickly, however thanks for every little thing, it has been the perfect.”
A whole lot of individuals have reacted to the submit, many expressing their disappointment on the cafe’s closure.
In late October the enterprise introduced that “as a result of forces past its management” it was transferring to a full bakery operation and not providing meals off a menu.
Queues typically type exterior the Moray Pl cafe on the weekends and it’s a lot liked by an everyday CBD week-day clientele.
On December 4 the council posted on its web site that it had been investigating choices for changing {a partially} collapsed watercourse pipe on Tub St between Decrease Stuart St and Moray Pl.
Facet On is positioned between Tub St and Moray Pl.
The council famous a part of the pipe was beneath personal property.
“It’s in a deteriorated state and is passing stormwater, though now we have put in a big pump on Tub St (close to decrease Stuart St) to scale back the reliance on this predominant.”
It was additionally planning to exchange different outdated and deteriorating stormwater, wastewater and water pipes in Tub St.
“Doing all this work collectively is essentially the most cost-effective and least disruptive method.”
Realigning the partially collapsed watercourse, nonetheless, was significantly difficult from an engineering perspective, it stated.
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