Tommy O’s, iconic downtown Vancouver restaurant, will close Sunday

Owens opened a Tommy O’s location in April on the historic Camas Lodge, 401 NE Fourth Ave., Camas. The way forward for this place appears to be within the air. Owens wrote that he’ll “work on the Camas restaurant to maintain it open”.

The downtown restaurant will shut after the Tom Grant Band efficiency scheduled for Sunday night.

“Thanks all for the love, help and most of all of the reminiscences!” He wrote. “Aloha Ahui Hou.”

Aloha Café

Owens first opened Aloha Cafe on Evergreen Boulevard and Columbia Road in 1994, which serves a mixture of Northwestern and Polynesian delicacies. The deli later turned often known as Tommy O’s Cafe, and in 2002 Owens moved the enterprise to 801 Washington St., the place he expanded it right into a full-fledged restaurant.

The Camas Lodge restaurant is Owens’ second cease with a number of places. He beforehand opened a second restaurant in East Vancouver in 2008, but it surely struggled through the recession, and Owens determined to shut it in 2013 to give attention to the unique downtown location.

The downtown location additionally struggled through the recession years, and Owens was pressured to shorten the menu, however when the restaurant celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2012, Owens stated gross sales recovered.

Owens didn’t reply to a request for remark from The Columbian.

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