afe Norte fails in
effort to open again

By Layne Christensen

News Reportr
layne@nsnews.com
PHILIP Mitchell has
failed in his attempt to
save Cafe Norte.

Despite a strong showing of

th Shore dine

drea “Gahan

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*Mitchell and his wife Linda,

yho had owned and operated

¢ restaurant for che past nine
ears, Will be missed.

“They've done so much for
‘Edgemont Village..I was really
thoping they would _ pull
through,” said Gehry.

Cafe Norte Ltd. was forced

file for bankruptcy recently in
‘the wake of events thar led to

ithe closure of Mitchell’s Cafe
Centro restaurant in Vancouv
” Cafe: .Norte- had “been” in
receivership since July 14, bur
wemained open. while the
‘Mitchells attempted to come up
‘with the $200,000 needed to
buy back the restaurant.

That attempt included 2

iast- Minute appeal to the public
0 purchase subscriptions.

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* Leah and Ted Darling were.

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among the many Norte cus-
tomers to respond to Mitchell's
ad in the Aug. 10 News asking
customers to pay now, dine
later.

“It was our favorite plac
said Leah Darling, who i
her husband handed — the
Mitchells a cheque for $200
while dining at Cate Norte
Aug. 11. Thar evening, accord-
ing to Darling, they talked with
Linda Mitchell who was opti-
mistic that the restaurant could
be saved.

“She basically said chat it
was looking really, really good
and that they were almost there
— that they would pretry much
have the money,” said Darling.

Bankrupicy trustee Vern

”

Sands &
told the News
that when the
led Aug. 15 to close
on their offer to purchase, the
receiver had accepted another
offer to purchase.

Thomson would not name
the purchaser because the deal
had not yet been final but
did say: “We suspecr it’s his
intent to do some renovations.”
He said the purchaser's plan
was to open the new restaurant
“probably within 30 days.”
Meanwhiic, loyal Cate Norte
customers like the Darlings are
wondering when they'll get
their money back.

The Mitchells could not be
reached to press dme.

Thomson of E.
Associates

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PHILIP and Linda Mitcheil are pictured in happier days. The réstaurateurs recent-
ly failed to buy their Cafe Norte out of receivership. The restaurant is now closed.

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