The Check-In: Goodbye Black Duck, Hello Fridgee

May 13, 2020
Erica Butler

Inside the Black Duck Cafe. Photo: Facebook.

CHMA news wants to help you understand what the “new normal” will look like in Sackville.

In this first instalment of The Check-In, Erica Butler speaks with Alan Barbour of the Black Duck Cafe, and finds out that the beloved Bridge Street fixture will not be reopening as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Instead, Barbour and his partner Sarah Evans are focussing on a new project: Fridgee, an online grocery store.

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