Angela Vithoulkas is in the middle of a process she "never expected".

Vithoulkas and her brother Con are in the last two weeks of trade for their Sydney cafe Vivo, which will shutter on August 24.

Angela Vithoulkas will shut her Vivo cafe on August 24. Credit:Jessica Hromas

It's a situation she blames on the CBD light rail construction project in Sydney, claiming the cafe had suffered from a lack of trade over the past three years due to its proximity to the route.

"It's like a death in the family - it's a process we never expected," Vithoulkas tells Fairfax Media. "I know exactly what every single other business owner affected is going through."