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