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The Japanese-French bakery on Beacon Street had been closed for remodeling for nearly two years, and in that time, the baker as much as the bakery itself underwent changes, too. All for the better.
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On a sunny but cold Sunday morning on Beacon Street, a line of customers stretches outside Japonaise Bakery. The compact Brookline bakery only allows four customers in at a time, so others wait outside, spaced six feet apart, to place and pick up orders.
Japonaise Bakery is not alone: around town, local bakeries are seeing queues outside their storefronts as they grapple with social distancing and limited indoor occupancy.
As of Feb. 8, restaurants and close-capacity services in Massachusetts are limited to 40% capacity, according to the Brookline Health Department. Indoor capacity has increased from the 25% limit instituted in December 2020.