Aberdeen vegan café becomes latest business to close down
A statement read: "We have tried very hard for a very long time, but we just can’t make it work"
Last updated 6th Jan 2023
Another business in Aberdeen has announced that it's closing its doors for the final time.
Bonobo Café, a vegan venue on Skene Street, will shut on Saturday, 7 January, at 4PM, due to "sharply dropping sales, rising prices and the economic climate".
A statement on Facebook read: "We have tried very hard for a very long time, but we just can’t make it work.
"With sharply dropping sales, rising prices and the economic climate we see before us, we realise now that we can’t continue to be Bonobo."
It wasn't only a café, Bonobo also had an online shop, selling books, crystals and tote bags among other items.
Support local
The café tried to shop local as far as possible, and was also a champion of promoting other local businesses.
The social media statement continued: "We leave you at a time when you have great number of options of amazing places to go and relax, drink, eat, decompress, socialise and laugh.
"Including our chums at Red Robin Records, Foodstory, Biocafé, Bandit Bakery, Second Home, Ruthies Café, Cult of Coffee, Contour Café, Roots, Frogmoon, Mount… and many more.
"Vegan options: fully available in 2023 and that is a wonderful thing.
"If there’s anything I could ask of each person reading this post with sadness, it is to make a deeply held commitment within yourself to shop local.
"With cafes and restaurants, this is easy to do - and could be the key to keeping the places above and their suppliers in existence."