I had lunch at the Tomahawk Restaurant with my friend Bill Allman last week.

A North Van resident, Bill first came here with his grandmother in 1969 when he was just a wee little lad, and he still drops by at least once, sometimes twice a week.

Chuck Chamberlain, the second-generation owner – his dad Chick founded the Tomahawk in the 1920s – drops by our table to say hello.

I start with the elephant in the room. Is the Tomahawk for sale?

Well it is and it’s not. And Chuck is clearly tired of people asking. He says he has no plans to shutter his restaurant which turns one hundred next year – and he will be around to celebrate that. He’s less clear about his plans to sell his property, which reporter Nick Laba noted earlier this month is being advertised as an “ideally situated redevelopment site currently operating as a restaurant.” It has a $6.5 million price tag.

Chuck took over the business from his father in the 1970s but says his kids won’t be doing the same. His son is a pilot with Air Canada and his daughter is a manager with Harrods of London.

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