Edmonton patio restrictions eased, city extends state of emergency amid provincial relaunch Downton said the café is committed to staying open even if Mother Nature doesn’t co-operate.“Minus 30 is minus 30, and we aren’t going to be able to compete with that.
There might be a few days, those five or six days a year where we’re the coldest place on the planet, where the patio might not be available but we’ll give it a shot if people want to use it,” Downton said.It’s an idea that so far has some patrons ready and willing to support.“Doing something like this is a great idea — that you can still attract people, you can still make some money and people can still go and support local,” Kelly Meeking, who was visiting the café, said..