"The street has changed and we didn't change with it"

The owners of Cafe Rose Nicaud are in their 70s now and ready to cash out. You can't really blame them for that but also it's kind of a shame. Especially so since it seems clear the space will very likely not continue as a cafe in its next incarnation.  We'll know more about what that is when we find out who is the new owner.

Melba Ferdinand, who started the cafe with husband Kenneth, said the couple, now in their 70s, are retiring.

“It’s that time for us, and just as important, the street has changed, and we didn’t change with it,” she said. “That’s not regrettable, we love what we did and how we did it.”

The couple own Café Rose Nicaud’s property, a two-story historic building near the corner of Royal Street. Ferdinand said a sale of the property is in the works, though she could not name the prospective buyer.

Which Motwani is it this time? Also how many Chicken Shacks do we think can fit on Frenchman Street if there even is a limit to such a thing?