Willemstad July 5, 2020- After being closed for over three months due to Covid-19 a favourite dining and meeting place has been refreshed and reopened for business downtown.
The Plasa (old market was cleaned and the cooking equipment serviced) so the traditional Culinary Center in Punda (Downtown) could open and serve both the local community as visitors.
It opened on Friday July 3rd after having been closed for more than three months due to the measures taken to counter the spread of COVID-19. The Food Market reopened with the various vendors offering succulent traditional plates, but now with health and social distancing requirements.
“Plasa, besides being a culinary center where various small entrepreneurs on a daily basis earn their living serving delicious food, has an important role in preservation of our local culinary tradition”, said Mrs. Lysaira Ortela, CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Marketing Manager following the refreshing and re-opening which was supported by the bank
She said the bank “recognizes the importance of the re-establishment of this traditional cultural stronghold in the quest to get to a new normal in the aftermath of the pandemic”.
CIBC FirstCaribbean is happy to have contributed to the re-opening so that the many small businesses there can get back up and running.
She encouraged the public to visit the Plasa and savour the vast array of local dishes offered and by doing so support local businesses.
