Photo: A notice of lease termination seen on Gaia Java’s door. Via Facebook.
Gaia Java is no longer selling coffee — or anything else for that matter.
A notice went up on the company’s door at 1300 Stittsville Main St. last week stating that the landlord, Choice Properties REIT, had terminated their lease for failure to pay rent.
Gaia Java was opened by Paul Melsness and Paul Jay around 2010. They later sold it in February 2016 to Dan Godkin and Bernie McNaught.
It’s unfortunate as this little coffee shop was very good. It is so sad that people put their savings and efforts into making it their little oasis but not having enough community support to keep it going.
The community was there but the business was mis-managed.
Many a times I went in, only to find that listed items were not available.
Seems to me that the last owners were not fully committed.