Image by Adam Ros­ner from Flickr

As a town of pub­lic ser­vants, it seems like much of Wel­ling­ton shuts down for a month from Christ­mas until Anniversary Day. People deserve hol­i­days, sure, but if they have the mis­for­tune of being back at work in the sum­mer, they gotta be able to get cof­fee, right?

We’re com­pil­ing a list of bar/cafe/restaurant hol­i­days in this post s0 you know where to go to get your fixes. Please tweet at us or leave a com­ment if you have more to add.

Cuba Quarter

  • Aro Cafe is closed from 24th – 2nd
  • The Ramen Shop is at Gold­ings Free Dive on Decem­ber 29 for your hol­i­day noodle needs.

Courtenay Quarter

  • Crum­pet: “I have it on good author­ity that Crum­pet is only closed on the stat days, Christ­mas Day, Box­ing Day, New Years Day, NYH.”
  • Hashigo Zake: “nor­mal trad­ing hours apply except Christ­mas Day, when we are forced to close.”
  • Gelis­simo: Our NZX Gelater­ia and Frey­berg Beach Kiosk will be open every­day (Christ­mas after­noon sub­ject to weath­er!).
  • The Hop Garden: “we are closed just Christ­mas Day and ny day, and sans sur­charge Box­ing Day and jan 2”
  • The Malt­house: “Malt­house will be open every­day except 25th Dec and 1st Jan. full deets of hours on next weeks blog”

Lambton Quarter

  • French Kiss will be miss­ing from Post Office Square until Janu­ary 20. Sigh.
  • Mojo Old Bank: “Mojo Old Bank will be pump­ing out the good stuff daily and only closed Dec 25th, Jan 1st and 2nd #wlgo­pen­closedguide”

Willis Quarter

Hutt

  • Taylors on Jack­son: “clos­ing 22nd dec, reopen­ing 3rd jan.…..except for a spe­cial night on 31st. Couple seats still avail­able!!”

East

  • La Boca Loca: “We close after lunch on Sunday 22 Dec, reopen Weds 8 Jan. Thanks!”

South

North

West