An iconic Saskatoon landmark will quickly be below new possession.
In a mournful Fb publish on Sunday, homeowners of the Blue Diamond — a kitschy Greek household restaurant with a metallic and glass diamond-shaped exterior on twenty second Avenue West — introduced the sale of their household enterprise.
“It’s with bittersweet emotions that we announce our beloved, household owned and operated restaurant has been SOLD,” stated the publish, signed as Blue Diamonds Administration and Workers.
“There was a lot hypothesis over the previous couple of months about our place. We (homeowners and employees) wished to take this chance to deal with our appreciation to our prospects, for the kindness and help proven to us over the past 38 years.”
The restaurant had been up on the market for a few 12 months, in line with Gus Katsiris, whose father George opened it after coming to Canada from Greece within the Eighties.
“All people’s getting too outdated,” Katsiris advised CTV Information in April. “Like, my father is 80-years-old. The remainder of the employees are of their late 60s, you already know what I imply? And it’s onerous to search out employees.”
Katsiris stated his dad George was a bricklayer in Greece earlier than he immigrated to Canada. His brothers owned a pair eating places and after working with them for some time, he determined to open his personal.
After practically 4 many years in enterprise, Katsiris stated George was nonetheless working as much as 14 hours on daily basis.
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The household was wanting promote the constructing and restaurant collectively as a turn-key enterprise. Judging by the Fb publish, it’s going to proceed working below its new possession.
It’s not clear if the brand new homeowners will preserve the Blue Diamond title and menu, so if in case you have ever considered giving this long-running native restaurant a attempt, now could be your final probability.
“The brand new homeowners shall be taking on on September 1st. We want them the perfect of luck on this new enterprise enterprise and we hope you present them the type of help you could have proven us over time,” the homeowners stated of their Fb publish.
“We welcome everybody to cease by and go to us earlier than our time right here is finished. We sit up for seeing you quickly.”