Another Bow St food outlet has closed. On Saturday, sheets of newspaper were blocking the windows of the Ocean Bakehouse at 37 Bow St. Over recent weeks the opening hours and days of the Bakehouse have been reducing. Although it had attracted a reasonable amount of business when it opened in mid-summer 2012, it had struggled over the retail drought of winter in Raglan. Delays meant the bakehouse and takeaways shop did not open in time for the peak tourist season of Christmas-New Year.
The closure adds to the lengthy line-up of empty premises on the southern side of Bow St. On Monday 6th the Raglan Wharf replacement building will open with only two firm tenants. The remaining vacant space in the wharf building will add even more space to the list of empty commercial tenancies in Raglan.