Jolliffe’s Eatery in Cowes is to close at the beginning of October, it has been announced.
Breaking the ‘sad’ news on Jolliffe’s Facebook page, the current owners have confirmed that the much-loved eatery will close on 1st October.
The current owners – the Harbour family – took over the business back in 2020, successfully steering the business through the COVID-19 pandemic in what were testing times for the catering industry.
The premises on Shooters Hill in the town was extremely popular with those looking for a good coffee, breakfast, lunch or even dinner.
No information has been given as to what will happen next with the building which was originally a shoe shop following its opening in 1853.
A Jolliffe’s spokesperson has said:
“I would like to thank all of our customers for your ongoing support over the past few years. Hopefully, you will have time to drop by one last time.”
Jolliffe’s will close for the last time on Sunday 1st October 2023.
The contents of the cafe are being sold off by the current owners, anyone interested is advised to contact the Jolliffe’s directly via their Facebook page.
What a shame. A tremendous independent eatery.
Conservative Britain. Tax, tax and more tax. Fat corporations pay next to nothing, the man on the street pays way too much. Businesses are starved through taxation, workers are underpaid, rents are through the roof and customers have little to no spare money. Wait until winter is here and watch shops close down like a domino train.
No problem is giving too much to illegals migrants and low life breeders. We need a hard Government or all the lower classes will suffer and only the top people will flourish
Or …. maybe like other establishments, Robin Hill for example they just haven’t had enough business with the lack of tourists this year.
Or …. maybe they’ve had enough and fancy a new challenge.
Presumably the new owners were aware of the costs and overheads involved with running a business and must have had a fair idea of the turnover they needed to make it profitable? Yes, costs have increased, but that’s the same for every business and there’s certainly restaurants out there who are doing well enough to be full most nights.
It’s about giving the customer what they want, not just having a nice building.
Plus, what taxes are you paying now that you weren’t paying a few years ago? It’s a bit of a fallacy to say people haven’t got money. Travel agents and tour operators, for instance, were saying it was a record year for people booking foreign holidays. There’s money, but people are more careful about spending it.
What a sad shame. It’s terrible, extortionate prices forcing businesses to close, such a lovely building too. If that is the reason?
It’s hard to keep up in these testing times.
Hopefully it’ll be open again as it’s an iconic place to visit.
Wishing you well for the future
Obviously not that popular. People should stop blaming covid by now for the problems they have running a business. Maybe should of lowered the prices a bit or done some offers to get people in.
My thoughts exactly. Highly popular places do not suffer from a lack of custom.
Not sure you have read the article correctly? Where does it state that Covid was the reason for the business closing?
It DOES say “…successfully steering the business through the COVID-19 pandemic…”. Not sure how you have reached your conclusion of them blaming it for the closure??
Is that the beautiful building in the High Street. For goodness sake will someone make sure that it’s protected from ‘improvements’.