The Old Power Restaurant temporarily closes its doors

The Old Powerhouse Restaurant has temporarily closed its doors.
“It’s closed in our eyes, but hopefully something in the future is happening with it,” said restaurant representative Kathy Campanaro, not wanting to comment further.
According to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, the Old Powerhouse Restaurant’s liquor licence expired March 10, 2011. The commission has not received an application to renew the licence.
While Hamilton Police has no record of complaints regarding the restaurant, liquor was still being served at the Old Powerhouse Restaurant until March 25.

Shortly after that, the restaurant was closed and the Web site states “The Old Powerhouse is temporarily closed.
Thank you for your patience.” The building at 21 Jones St. has been a fixture in the community for more than 100 years.
It operated as a powerhouse from 1894 to 1899, providing electricity to the Hamilton, Grimsby and Beamsville Electric Railway.

Owned and used by Ontario Hydro as a storage facility, the building sat empty for decades.
In 1980, it was sold and reopened as a restaurant.
Stoney Creek BIA representatives say they are not sure what to make of the closure.
“All we can say is, it’s a beautiful building and we look forward to seeing it reopened,” said executive director Connie Behie. “It certainly is an integral part of Stoney Creek’s history, but other than that there’s really nothing much we can say not knowing any of the circumstances (surrounding its closure).

We don’t like to see any closures here… we don’t want to lose something as precious as the Old Powerhouse building.”


By LAURA LENNIE, NEWS STAFF, STONEY CREEK NEWS