Seven8Nine Hookah Lounge Takes Over for Garden House East Indian Cuisine

From 1978 on Paradise restaurant operated at Portage Avenue where it connects with Broadway. It all came to an end in 2019 pre-pandemic. The Italian family operating it had a second location and like a lot of restaurants, the issue of staffing was an issue. There might have been labour/management issues as well. In any event after 40 years, it was done.

It didn't seem long when the signage was changed and Garden House East Indian Cuisine went up. The Italian to Indian change was a good idea but the damage Covid has done to staffing is worse not better. And it is hard to say how many shutdowns and limitations affected Garden House. Alas though, in 2022, it is out of business.

New signage is up for Seven8Nine Hookah Lounge. I have looked for a website but have not seen one yet. Perhaps 2023 will be when it is up. Covid days were unkind to any hookah place. It will be interesting to see how this place fares.

There remains many closed restaurants across the city. Even today some government workers work from home which can be enough to hurt surrounding businesses. There seems to be a movement afoot to have more workers return but we may not see that until 2023. The best bet for many restaurants is to have a diverse clientele, some of who live very near by to keep the doors open.