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from the community has been great so<br />
far, she is unsure if her business will<br />
survive given the hardship brought on by<br />
the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
Baker's Daughter was only open for<br />
four months before she had to shut it<br />
down entirely in late December, as it<br />
became too cold for people to sit outside<br />
Humphrey Street has a new meatless restaurant owned by a familiar face.<br />
and eat. Even when the diner was open,<br />
Newman was not able to open up the<br />
actual indoor dining area. Patrons either<br />
ate outside or got takeout, she said.<br />
"I thought it would make more sense<br />
financially just to pay my rent rather<br />
than hope that people come in," said<br />
Newman. "Wintertime is typically less<br />
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busy for all food businesses, plus I think<br />
with the pandemic, people are staying in<br />
more and cooking for themselves more.<br />
Until it warms up a bit, I think I'll just<br />
stay closed."<br />
At the time of publication, Newman<br />
was hoping to reopen in early March,<br />
but had some doubts about the future of<br />
Baker's Daughter. However, unlike others<br />
at her age who have opted for retirement,<br />
Newman, who is also active on town<br />
boards and committees and with her<br />
animal advocacy, plans to keep working,<br />
even if it means starting something new.<br />
"I like to have something to do,"<br />
she said. "I know it sounds ridiculous. I<br />
wanted to have a meatless diner. I had<br />
been thinking about it for a few years.<br />
I guess I just thought it would be fun.<br />
With everything that's happened with<br />
the pandemic, it may not last which is<br />
unfortunate, but I'll find something else<br />
to do. I need to be doing something.<br />
"I don't understand how people retire at<br />
my age and just sit around and do nothing.<br />
I'm very healthy and feel quite youthful<br />
and also my parents both lived into their<br />
90s and I probably will too. What am I<br />
going to do all day? Watch TV?"<br />
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