Hello my friends and welcome!
My name is Mosi and I am one of the owners of the
Olympia Restaurant at 998 Denman in Vancouver.


As you may have heard, our neighborhood restaurant, the Olympia on Denman has been caught up in a difference of opinion with the Canadian Olympic Committee.

They want us to change our sign!

They say we have no right to continue using the sign we've had on the outside of our restaurant and windows for 15 years.

The Olympia restaurant is a small family owned business and we are proud of the strong ties we have with our community. Everyone in Vancouver knows us, and they seem to love us too judging by the good wishes of almost 3,000 people who have signed our petition and shown their support. Many tell us to stand firm for what we believe.



I'm a small business person - a host and restaurateur. I love my work and the people who come to our restaurant. My family and partners were all so very happy when we heard the Olympics were coming to town.


Our restaurant is small, and as many of you know we are always busy, but Olympics or not, we can only sell so many souvlaki dinners or pizza. (We are not going to get rich because of the Olympics.)


We have operated like this for over fifteen years, and now that the big business Olympic machine is coming to town we have to change our lives to suit them. We thought they'd be happy we are bringing the spirit of the Games to our small corner of the city and that we are showing our support. It's difficult to understand their reasoning.


Trying to find a lawyer for advice has also been difficult. One lawyer said, "I won't be taking on any clients regarding Olympic related issues. The small company always gets bullied and doesn't have the money to fight back - then I'm left with an unhappy client who doesn't have any options."

I am happy to say that a lawyer is now helping us in our fight and that we also have a media company that is helping us keep track of and manage all the communication and publicity this issue is generating. More on that in the future.


Please come by and see us.
Say hello, sign our petition and tell us what you think.

Once again, thank you very, very much for your support . . .


Please click here to read the letter Ray Eagle wrote on our behalf to John Furlong, president of VANOC - Thank you Ray . . .


Please click here if you'd like to see the hundreds and hundreds of signatures we've collected on our "original written" petition, plus some of the articles the media have written about us. When you click please be patient though, the list of names and numerous articles are quite long and it takes a bit of time to load.

Click here to view names on the "email version" of the petition

EVEN A DOG KNOWS IT'S NOT FAIR . . .
Click here to see what Vancouver's Canines say about it!

Click here to SIGN the email version of our petition.

Click here to see what others are saying . . .

Click here to see VIDEO TV News features about this story

All the best,

Mosi Alvand

Olympia Restaurant
998 Denman St. at Nelson
604.688.8333 or 688.8332