After being closed for a month, the café at City Market‘s downtown Burlington store reopened on February 1 for customer seating from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. In an email sent to co-op members, store management said “safety issues” prompted the temporary closure. During the café’s hiatus, the email said, City Market “made improvements to the café” and created “tools and processes to maintain safety in that space.”
City Market representatives declined to share details about the improvements and safety measures but did acknowledge that café hours have been reduced. Before the closure, the café was open for the store’s full hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
On February 10 at about 9:40 a.m., the café was roped off with a sign showing the new hours. A person in a jacket bearing the Chocolate Thunder Security logo was posted in the store exit vestibule.
The same member email also announced extended weekday hours at the downtown store’s sandwich bar. It is now open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This article appears in Feb 5-11, 2025.
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