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Plume Café & Patisserie in Matakana is the latest casualty of the covid pandemic.
After 10 years, owners Farida and Clyde Cooper have announced the doors will close on March 31.
They say it has been a tough few years with covid, lockdowns and the overall economic impacts.
Ongoing issues with finding kitchen staff, rising costs and the retirement of baker Heiko and resignation of manager PJ have added to the pressures of keeping the doors open.
The kitchen has been closed since last year following the loss of two chefs.
“We have decided it is time for a fresh new management to take over the facility with new ideas and new dreams,” they say.
“We have had 10 wonderful years with the support of the community at large.”
Cooper says the decision does not affect Plume Restaurant and Villas, in Sharp Road, which will continue as normal.
