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The restaurant located at the intersection of West Saanich Road and Keating Cross Road closed after 43 years as Potter wants to spend more time with his wife, who recently received a diagnosis of AlzheimerB次元官网网址檚 disease. The business remains for sale.
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PotterB次元官网网址檚 daughter Jen Porter described the closing ceremony as amazing and overwhelming.
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Chrissy Olsen, who worked at the restaurant for 25 years and helped organize the First Nations ceremony that marked the closure, said Monday she wasnB次元官网网址檛 sure what to do while checking in with her colleagues over text. But she, too, still thinks back to the outpouring of community support during SundayB次元官网网址檚 closing ceremony.
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