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Take a coffee break while cruising down the Southern Highway
View(s):Barista recently opened its 8th outlet at the Southern Highway service point in Welipenna. Modern and cosy, it’s where you can sit, relax, charge your phone and sip a Cappuccino while enjoying an array of freshly baked cakes, croissants, muffins and sandwiches.
The Barista outlet is the only outlet in the Southern Highway Service area in which you can dine-in when you are heading for those long weekends down South. It is also a welcome addition for local and international tourists to have a familiar place to dine in. Adhering to health regulations, the outlet practises social distancing while sanitization methods are available for all customers who enter. Staff also go through stringent sanitization processes before handling and preparing food and serving customers.
“We feel the South will play a key role when Sri Lanka reopens for international travellers and the decision to open an outlet on the Southern Highway was also backed by the need for tourists to see familiar branding and know that they can get safe, hygienic, affordable and tasty food and coffee during their travels,” said Dilupa Pathirana, Barista’s General Manager.
Barista began its journey in Sri Lanka in 2002 when the café culture had not set its footprint and coffee was still considered a luxury in Sri Lanka.
“As the pioneer of the coffee industry in Sri Lanka Barista has made a promise to always keep a coffee by your side even during the toughest of times. While international chains are facing difficult times we wanted to take a more positive approach and show the world what it really means to be resilient in troubled times,” Pathirana added.
The Welipenna outlet is open from Sunday – Thursday from 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. For more information please contact 0342295913.