RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- After a week of uncertainty and chaos, Richmond residents are finally able to use their tap water safely. The boil advisory was lifted Saturday, and now the city is beginning to return back to normal. "[It was like a] ghost town," said Capital One Cafe barista Eva Nesrala, who lives and works near Carytown. ""I maybe saw one or two people, like two or three cars parked along Carytown. It was, again, very bizarre. It kind of seemed like apocalyptic, almost, you know?" Nesrala said the building was closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, finally opening up the cafe again officially on Saturday. "We were spending eight hours cleaning all of the water," Nesrala said. "Eight hours just running the water, it was like milky and it was nasty." Nesrala said they used proper detergents to finish up their eight hour cleaning process once the boil advisory was lifted. Capital One Cafe is in the heart of Carytown, and customers said they felt the cafe's absence on the days it was closed. "Waking up, the first thing I do is grab that cup of coffee," said neighbor Sydney Spencer. Spencer said she has lived in Richmond since 2016, and never left. She said she owes some of that decision to Carytown, as she loves how bustling the area is. "It was just bizarre walking by certain businesses and seeing the parking lots empty" Spencer added. Now that businesses are reopening, those parking lots are filling back up. Still, the struggle might not be over yet, as many owners will now deal with the financial burden that the water outage has created over the past week. Mayor Danny Avula said consultants will be brought in to identify funding opportunities that can help offset the financial strain caused by the boil water advisory.