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Richmond restaurant owner receives CBS 6 surprise: I love to make people happy
Month of Giving: Coliseum Loft Deli & Market
By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 10:15 AM, Dec 22, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-22 10:15:39-05
RICHMOND, Va. Many small businesses and restaurants are struggling to stay open as the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions designed to slow its spread impact the community.
As part of her CBS 6 Gives segment, Candace Burns visited the Coliseum Loft Deli and Market in downtown Richmond where owner Abbas Jahangiri is fighting hard for the survival of his business. I love to make people happy, Jahangiri told Burns earlier this month. We don t have that much business. It s operating at 20 percent business, compared to the previous year.
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.