Raw Sugar Cafe in Chinatown closing

Posted Dec 22, 2015 05:20:31 AM.

Last Updated Dec 22, 2015 05:22:29 AM.

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OTTAWA – A popular Chinatown coffee shop is closing its doors after seven years.

In a note on Facebook, the owner of Raw Sugar Cafe says, she has decided to move on, and end this chapter of her life, calling it “an incredibly difficult decision to make.”

Hello All,I have some news to share with everyone. After 7+ years I have decided to end this Raw Sugar chapter. It has…

Posted by Raw Sugar Cafe on Monday, December 21, 2015

The closure is sure to affect local artists, and comes just two months after a fire that destroyed the nearby Daily Grind Cafe.

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