Olympia Restaurant on Denman, under the ownership of Mosi Alvand and his partners was rolling along peacefully in Vancouver's Westend community for seventeen years.until the Olympics came to town.When Vancouver won the 2010 Winter Games it caused a flurry of excitement in Canada's West Coast communities. Unfortunately, when the IOC learned of the Olympia on Denman they became worried the bistro would upstage their event so they set about to shut the little restaurant down.Even though Olympia on Denman was properly licensed and considered a good community neighbor, plus had paid taxes for over two decades, John Furlong, the CEO of VANOC, attacked the little Olympia demanding the restaurant cease and desist all operations. The community was aghast.more...See more text
