To all our wonderful friends, and family, and to the very vibrant Kitsilano neighbourhood,

We truly thought we would never be saying this, but the time has come to close this chapter.

We have had to make the ultimate and very difficult decision to close our doors after our last day of service on Sunday, September 18th.

What has led to this decision?

The significant rising prices of goods, labour and rent have made it untenable. We would not be able to provide you with the level of service and the quality of food at affordable prices that you have come to expect from us.

Yagger’s Kitsilano has been an institution of the Kitsilano neighbourhood for 11 beautiful years, it has been the gathering place for many celebrations, and the go-to place for live sports in Vancouver. We have gathered to cheer for our favourite teams & rejoice in their wins and mourn their losses. We have sung together at karaoke, laughed together at live comedy & we have tested your knowledge of the world with our weekly trivia.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of our wonderful staff members, we wouldn’t be where we are without you, going above and beyond each day to provide nothing but stellar service to our guests.

To our customers who have called us home, we love you all and consider you family. You, along with the Kits community have treated us with nothing but respect and have shown us only love throughout the years.

From the very bottom of our hearts, we are so very eternally grateful to everyone who believed in us from the start.

This is not the end; this is merely the closing of an epic chapter.

sincerely,

Your local bar owners:

Tom, Danno & Trevor