The Sirloin Cellar

[CaptainKirk]

It's stress, not sizzle, at the Sirloin Cellar

The Villeneuves’ lawyer made a presentation to the General Issues Committee last August. The councillors deemed it a confidential matter and went in camera. There’s been no resolution yet and the city’s not talking.

The Villeneuves say their lawyer has suggested they not talk either, but the frustration grows.

They have had no income since last fall. They had to sell their house. There are suppliers who did not get paid and the couple feels badly about that. They don’t sleep very well anymore.

And now they see the signs go up next door at the city-owned Lister Block for a new grill house. The man opening that restaurant used to operate one just down the street. When he closed the doors in 2004, he publicly dissed the core: "Downtown has deteriorated so much that people don’t come anymore."

Now he’s getting shiny new premises. And Bill and Anna Villeneuve, who never did give up on downtown, are in the fight of their lives.

Read the whole story here http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/stor...n-sirloin.html

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Not sure what to think about that article. It does sound as though the City is giving the Villeneuves a hard time, though. Hopefully they'll pull through - can't have too many steakhouses in the city.