Aka Bistro closed due to water damage

The Aka Bistro restaurant will be closed until further notice due to extensive water damage from a broken pipe.

The restaurant’s website announced the closure due to a damaged  floor, ceiling and kitchen equipment. The incident occurred early Wednesday morning (December 18).

“I pulled up to work at 5:30 in the moring and in front of me was a fire truck, and then three [police] cruisers pulled up,” said John Johanson, a personal trainer at Fitness Together, which is located on the second floor of the same building. “They had to break into the room where the piping was. I guess it was pretty bad.” Fitness Together was not damaged and is open, he added.

The building is owned by the Rural Land Foundation. Neither RLF executive director Geoff McGean nor Aka Bistro general manager Christian Touche could not immediately be reached for comment.