"We would like for people to return to Martin Place and smile again."
Tori Johnson's partner Thomas Zinn made the simple statement on Thursday when it was announced the Lindt Cafe would reopen by mid March, featuring a memorial to the victims of December's fatal Sydney siege.
Mr Johnson and barrister Katrina Dawson were killed there along with gunman Man Horan Monis.
The Dawson family have also said they want to go to the cafe when it reopens.
"Katrina loved Lindt chocolate and established a tradition of visiting the Lindt cafe almost every day with her friends and family," Ms Dawson's husband, Paul Smith, said.
"Although it will be difficult at first, we hope to be able in time to return to the Lindt cafe so that her children can continue to experience one of Katrina's great joys."
Mr Zinn felt the same.
"[Tori] always had so much pleasure in making other people happy or put a smile on their face," he said in a statement read on the Seven Network.
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