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At the Wake Cafe on Franklin Street, two and a half blocks from the square, owner Wade Thomas said the day had been the store’s busiest since it opened seven months ago, with at least 200 separate sales since opening at 8 a.m.
“These were not our usual Monday customers,” he said, “but people needed a place to get warm and have a cup of coffee, so we were going to be here.”
Like other cafe owners downtown, Thomas said the decision to stay open wasn’t meant as a political stance and that the store hadn’t received any blowback.
“We had no idea what was going to happen,” he said. “But the crowd today was some of the nicest people.”