Montreal’s St-Viateur Bagel Cuts Back Its Hours Due to Coronavirus - Eater Montreal

"For the first time since the late ‘70s, St-Viateur Bagel’s flagship Mile End bakery is not running as a 24-hour operation. Owner Robert Morena tells Eater he actually had to check that the lock on the front door still works, and had to make copies of the practically-untouched key. The mass shutdown of the city has shaken up business for St-Viateur, too — Morena says that with no tourists in Montreal, he’s seeing far more familiar faces drop by (although much less foot traffic overall), while the demand for bagels in grocery stores has soared. In order to respect social distancing guidelines, only four customers are allowed in the store at once. At present, the main store at 263 St-Viateur W is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, and the bakery’s other locations (including the café operations and its wholesale bakery in Laval) have also cut hours but it’s shifting on a daily basis, says Morena." - Tim Forster