Coliseum Loft Deli and Market owner fights to survive during pandemic: 'We're gonna lose our house, our car'
and last updated 2020-12-15 07:55:27-05
RICHMOND, Va. -- The financial impact of COVID-19 has hit the restaurant community hard.
The owner of Coliseum Loft Deli and Market said he is fighting for his business to survive.
Abbas Jahangiri has been serving the Richmond community for 18 years.
"I love to make people happy," said Jahangiri.
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Eighty percent of his customers are VCU students.
Coronavirus has kept many of them off-campus and learning online.
Abbas is missing their presence.
"We don't have that much business. It's operating at 20 percent business, compared to the previous year,â he said.