The owner of Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 Grateful Fed says he hopes his decision to sell the popular cafe and live music venue won91裸聊视频檛 mark the day the music died.

Kamel Abougoush announced Friday he is selling the music-themed business, saying he hopes he can find a buyer willing to keep it running.

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On the Grateful Fed webpage, he wrote: 91裸聊视频淲ell everybody, its been a 16-year run of music, parties food and fun. But as of Christmas 2018, the Abougoush family is saying goodbye to the Grateful Fed and moving on to the next adventure.91裸聊视频�

Contacted at the the Bernard Avenue eatery Friday afternoon, Abougoush said what made the business successful was the ambiance inside.

91裸聊视频淚t was all about peace and love,91裸聊视频� he said, adding the pictures of famous musicians that cover the walls only amplified that feeling.

He said he plans to close down Dec. 23 and 91裸聊视频渃lean up the place91裸聊视频� in early January.

91裸聊视频淚f we can91裸聊视频檛 find a buyer by February, I guess we91裸聊视频檒l have to close it for good.91裸聊视频�

But he hopes to find a buyer who can carry on what he, his family and staff created over the years at the Grateful Fed.

The cafe started as a sandwich shop in 2002 and, at the urging of his son, started to host local bands.

91裸聊视频淪ome nights we would have three of four bands playing, each doing an hour or so,91裸聊视频� said Abougoush.

The Abougoush family is well-known in the city as owners and operators of several eateries over the years, including Bourbon Street, located in what is now the Creekside Pub, Kamel91裸聊视频檚 Sports Page on Leon Avenue, Doc91裸聊视频檚 Cafe, where the Minstrel Cafe is now located, and the former Sneaky Peach Pub in Peachland.

Abougoush, who still plays hockey two nights a week in the winter, said he91裸聊视频檚 not sure what retirement will look like for him but he plans to do it right.

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He said he91裸聊视频檚 going out on a happy note and there is no plan for his son to take over the business.

91裸聊视频淚t was my dream, not his,91裸聊视频� said Abougoush, a Lebanese immigrant who moved as a child with his family to Canada in the early 1960s and settled in northern Alberta.

He said his parents discovered Kelowna driving through to Vancouver, loved it and went back to Alberta and sold their farm. The family moved to Kelowna in 1968.

Abougoush moved to Calgary as a young man and moved back to Kelowna in 1978.

He said in retirement, he has no plans to leave.

Asked what he will miss about the Grateful Fed, didn91裸聊视频檛 have to think long to answer.

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But if there is a new owner who keeps it open, he will get a chance to see them again and again because he said plans to be regular customer.

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