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A popular east London bakery has bought the entire Dundas Street plaza where it’s housed, with the chief goal of ending a long battle over a strip club on the property.

Lynn’s Bakery and Deli, an east-end institution known for its lunches and sweet treats, has for decades been caught up in political battles over a nearby unit, once home to Famous Flesh Gordon’s and later the proposed location for a new “adult live entertainment” business.

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Now, Lynn’s owner Roy O’Connor is finding new tenants, not just for 2190 Dundas St. where the strip club operated, but for a series of units beside the bakery. Renovations and construction is underway.

“Everyone is really excited,” O’Connor said of the change, saying he bought the entire swath mainly so he wouldn’t have to deal with the threat of a new strip club opening up shop.

“Probably (there were) lots of people that wouldn’t shop here before just because of the proximity. I’m just glad not to deal with it anymore,” he added.