Hospitality struggles as Auckland switches alert levels
Peter Quinn loves what he does, but it does not pay the bills.
Hospitality businesses in Mahurangi are putting on a brave face but fear repeated moves into alert level 3 lockdown will cripple their businesses – some of them for good.
Warkworth’s Q Café owner Peter Quinn succeeded in keeping his restaurant open during level 3 for contactless food and beverage sales at the door, but takings each day were typically down 60 per cent.
“If I was sensible I would close the doors right now – that would probably be the best option for me,” he says.
Changing Faces - Bayside Bistro
From left, assistant manager Christina Morrison, Desmond and Susan Vize, and chef Janeen Swart.
A breath of fresh sea air has blown through Bayside Bistro, with a change in management giving a new lease of life to the beachfront café, bar and restaurant, at the bottom of Kokihi Lane, in Snells Beach.
Following its closure last year, Desmond and Susan Vize, of Chocolate Brown and The Oaks Café in Warkworth, took over the seaside site in December and have since set about turning it into a bright and welcoming venue for locals and visitors alike.