OTTAWA -- A popular ByWard Market bagel shop will soon be closing its doors, as the COVID-19 pandemic claims another local business.
For 17 years, the Diaz family has been serving up what some customers say are the city’s best wood-fired bagels at their shop, Continental Bagel.
However, they have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Business is starting to get very down,” says co-owner Santiago Diaz.
Diaz's wife and co-owner, Alicia Diaz, says it has been too hard to make ends meet. “We are not making enough money to survive.