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Holland’s Cake and Shake is closing but its treats aren’t leaving the Parkdale Market area.

Owner Michael Holland has announced that Morning Owl Coffeehouse is taking over Holland’s Armstrong Street location but he will become the resident pastry chef.

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Holland said on Instagram that as his business entered the last year of their lease, he was faced with big decisions.

“Having grown MUCH more than we ever anticipated, I was faced with considering expansion or simply put, shutting the store and moving on to new things,” he said. “While thinking this through, it just so happened that we started providing @morningowlrochester with some of our brownies. The fit seemed natural.”

Morning Owl Coffeehouse – which currently has locations on Bank Street downtown, on Rochester Street in Little Italy and in Kanata – will take over the space as of April. The last day for Holland’s Cake and Shake is Mar. 10 but Morning Owl customers will still be able to order large cakes, sandwiches will still be made with the signature milk bread and many of its products old and new will be found at more than one location, Holland said.