August 2020 ... Prego! Coffee! Update!
Greetings All! Our location at #101 – 1625 Hornby Street is now closed. Thanks again for your many years of support!
This location was first opened in April of 2001 and we closed it out in top form and in high spirits in March of 2020 – 19 glorious years! Eight of those years were with me (a.k.a. “The Boss”) and the last four years were with Sam, and the last three with SaeBom.
All of us are doing very well and we thank you for your well wishes and queries. When we are not sharing photos of pets and food we talk about some things we miss about the store: hanging out with each other, you, and PUPPIES!! We sure had some good times and the future is filled with possibilities!
So, it is funny that after all this time I have *finally* had the time to get our website up and running – mainly, to keep everyone informed and share PICTURES!! Please, take the time to look around and reminisce about our Hornby Street location with us …
If you want to send further photos for posting - or want to discuss coffee, politics, or horticulture please send all to f.dee@novuscom.net
With warm thoughts for the past, present, future, and the here and there – LOVE to you all! XO XO
Francesca Derra
*STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS*
This location was first opened in April of 2001 and we closed it out in top form and in high spirits in March of 2020 – 19 glorious years! Eight of those years were with me (a.k.a. “The Boss”) and the last four years were with Sam, and the last three with SaeBom.
All of us are doing very well and we thank you for your well wishes and queries. When we are not sharing photos of pets and food we talk about some things we miss about the store: hanging out with each other, you, and PUPPIES!! We sure had some good times and the future is filled with possibilities!
So, it is funny that after all this time I have *finally* had the time to get our website up and running – mainly, to keep everyone informed and share PICTURES!! Please, take the time to look around and reminisce about our Hornby Street location with us …
If you want to send further photos for posting - or want to discuss coffee, politics, or horticulture please send all to f.dee@novuscom.net
With warm thoughts for the past, present, future, and the here and there – LOVE to you all! XO XO
Francesca Derra
*STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS*
March 31, 2020 ... Prego Closing Goodbye (Window Notice)
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DON’T BE SAD MY LITTLE ANGELS!!! DON’T BE SAD!
But yes, we are closing our doors permanently as of the end of business today. I know it is a shock, and I am so sorry to spring it on you – but this is a necessary action that I have taken not with a heavy heart but a lightened one. (Oh yes!) Because, my friends, given the current social distancing requirements and given how small our store is, I have come to the realization that we simply cannot continue operating. And yes, I have brainstormed, I have contacted the landlords, I have called utilities, I have tried to reorganize and take advantage of various assistances, etc. – but to no avail. At the end of the day, daily operations have to cease. The future is so very uncertain, so I must take this moment to do what is best for me and my staff (and of course, comply with the law!) You may have noticed – perhaps walking your fluffy pooch around the city … – that I am not the only one that has made this decision. Please see the article I have posted [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/opinion/restaurants-covid-amanda-cohen.html] – it captures the general feeling of small shop owners such as me. (On top of that, given the size of the store and the public health orders, we have to close!) BUT DON’T WORRY ABOUT US! Me – I have always been the cheery (yet tired) sort; I gots plans! My staff – Sam, SaeBom, and Jo – will be taken care of and I will help them sort things out post-employment; and they are all so young and full of life! And, when we all come through the other end of this global upheaval, everything will work out fine. I just know it. I want to say personally to all of you that you have made a joy of the last 8 years. Light conversations, deep conversations, talk about the weather or just instructions on how you like your coffee – it has all been such a pleasure. I have relished nothing more than a full store (disco music playing, of course!) filled with chatter and laughter and good cheer! DIVINE!! You have all been so kind to me, and also to my staff – especially to Sam and SaeBom who have been with me for YEARS! I LOVE THEM!! (Little bunnies!) I can’t tell you how much this has all meant to me. LOADS! OODLES! Coffee, laughter, music, the sea (it’s right over THERE!), sun and rain – it has simply been FANTASTICO!! And then … What a crazy month and a bit it has been. Our world has changed – I see it in your faces every day. Concern, worry, uncertainty – yes. But also hope. Hope that we will all collectively find a way through this global crisis and that our communities and our lives will return to normal. Not that I am some great yet undiscovered sage, but I feel we can do it (I feel it in my bones!) and I feel that whatever we will go through in the next weeks, months, years we will be better for it. Our governments, our health care, our environment, our interactions with each other – better, I SWEAR! We can make it so. Thank you so much for your support and I wish each and every one of you the best in all things. Please, stay in touch! You can reach any one of us at: f.dee@novuscom.net FORZA E CORAGGIO (STRENGTH AND COURAGE) |