Two creative cafe owners are in the middle of working this out while also abiding by new government restrictions.

Chatterchinos owner Karin Hunt has begun opening her doors from 4.30am-11am to catch the early-risers on their way to work, serving them coffee and egg and bacon rolls.

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She is also starting up Friday night takeaway dinners "with a bit of a twist". Every Friday there will be a new themed dinner, with this week's being 'Distance Date Night Dinner Done Different'.

"Just so it's not a polystyrene meal, I'm trying to think outside the box," Ms Hunt said.

"I'm targeting a date night dinner so we'll have a place-mat, dinner setting, candle, box of matches, flower, and something else to go with it to try and put a twist on it.

She has also turned to new measures to keep costs down, even turning off the cafe's cool-room.

"You have to do whatever you can in these times. The whole situation is very different," Ms Hunt said.

Meanwhile, Jack and Jill's Cafe and Goodness and Gracious have teamed up to showcase local delicious gourmet foods.

Now closed, Goodness and Gracious have on display some of their gourmet foods alongside the cafe's foods, so people grabbing their takeaway coffee and food can purchase something a little extra, too.

Cafe owner Tara Spence said Goodness and Gracious owner Susie Martin approached her with the idea, which she gladly accepted.

"The tables and chairs were all stacked up and every time I looked at them I got really depressed. So we have some plants and things in there too so it doesn't look empty and boring," Ms Spence said.

"It's nice for us to work in a better environment when it looks prettier and friendlier and it works for [Ms Martin] too."

Ms Spence said she had lost 50 per cent of her usual trade since the pandemic ramped up, which meant she had to reduce the number of staff working.

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She's looking forward to the federal government's JobKeeper wage subsidy to help support her staff.

"With the packages that are rolling out it will be better but we don't have the work and we don't have the money to pay them," she told the NVI.

"I'm hoping the government will get these packages organised and they will definitely have a job to come back to."