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.
Sad news for the area. And this comes hot off the heels of Moe's restaurant closing for good last month.
ReplyDeleteNow I know this is supposed to be a move rather than a closure, but then Asean Garden just a few blocks up announced the same thing two years ago. A dispute with the building owner over rent/taxes, an announcement they were going to move, and then they just closed the restaurant for good.
christian - do you know of another restaurant that still serves burgers like copoli does - with the large rolls cut in four like that? i remember that from my youth but it's basically nowhere now. also, this place has a pretty good steak/pepperoni sous-marin, almost certainly the last one in that entire area, which is a real shame. these old school guys close and before you know it, these things (the classic montreal steak/pepperoni sous-marin, for instance) just disappear for good.
ReplyDeletemoving to the old liquid lounge space! I wish them well.
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