Nader Zarkari's Copoli Restaurant across from the Vendome metro will serve its last giant hamburger at the end of March.
The restaurant has long been a nifty perch to meet for chit chats, crawfords and grub and has been Coolopolis' greasy-spoon of choice for several years.
The place slings eggtasticalicious breakfasts, yummy pizza and is revered for its thin pancake-style hamburgers, among other delicacies.
Zarkari does not want to move but has been at the centre of a disagreement over the taxes he owes his landlord.
Montreal ditched its business tax a few years ago, saddling landlords with the extra cost.
Landlords, in turn, are supposed to pass on the cost by calculating the portion of their tax that a commercial unit should pay.
They do this by calculating the square footage of the commercial unit and so forth.
The process frequently leads to disagreements and tensions between landlord and commercial tenant.
Zarkari told Coolopolis that he felt he was asked for too high a percentage of the $22,000 annual tax bill that building owners Joaquin Fernandez and Anthony Kyriopoulos pay to the city annually.
The disagreement festered and ultimately the landlord and Copoli opted not to renew their lease, according to Zarkari.
It's expected that some other sort of restaurant or commercial establishment will occupy the spot soon after the Copoli moves out.
Zarkari is looking to relocate and is studying a location in Point St. Charles and another not too far away from the current digs.
We shall withhold the details of that quest in order to avoid undermining his negotiations.
Goodbye Copoli, you shall be missed.
The restaurant has long been a nifty perch to meet for chit chats, crawfords and grub and has been Coolopolis' greasy-spoon of choice for several years.
The place slings eggtasticalicious breakfasts, yummy pizza and is revered for its thin pancake-style hamburgers, among other delicacies.
Zarkari does not want to move but has been at the centre of a disagreement over the taxes he owes his landlord.
Montreal ditched its business tax a few years ago, saddling landlords with the extra cost.
Landlords, in turn, are supposed to pass on the cost by calculating the portion of their tax that a commercial unit should pay.
They do this by calculating the square footage of the commercial unit and so forth.
The process frequently leads to disagreements and tensions between landlord and commercial tenant.
Zarkari told Coolopolis that he felt he was asked for too high a percentage of the $22,000 annual tax bill that building owners Joaquin Fernandez and Anthony Kyriopoulos pay to the city annually.
The disagreement festered and ultimately the landlord and Copoli opted not to renew their lease, according to Zarkari.
It's expected that some other sort of restaurant or commercial establishment will occupy the spot soon after the Copoli moves out.
Zarkari is looking to relocate and is studying a location in Point St. Charles and another not too far away from the current digs.
We shall withhold the details of that quest in order to avoid undermining his negotiations.
Goodbye Copoli, you shall be missed.