We owe Craig Kowalchuk an apology - he did not declare personal bankruptcy. That was our mistake. The corporation that ran the restaurants was owned by Kowalchuk. That corporation filed bankruptcy papers earlier this month.

By Pepper Parr

May 29th, 2020

BURLINGTON, ON

We owe Craig Kowalchuk an apology – he did not declare personal bankruptcy. That was our mistake. The corporation that ran the restaurants was owned by Kowalchuk. That corporation filed bankruptcy papers earlier this month.

I learned early this morning that an error was made in the story published yesterday on the situation at Emma’s Back Porch.

I met with Craig Kowalchuk yesterday afternoon and had a five minute conversation with him.

In the story that I published later in the day we said the bankruptcy was personal.

It was not. The corporation that Craig Kowalchuk formed to run the restaurants filed bankruptcy papers.

We owe Craig an apology and do so unreservedly. It was an error which we corrected.

Craig Kowalchuk put 30 years of his life building a great business. He was ready in an instant to do what he could to make Burlington a better place. His energy will be missed. Hopefully he will rise again.

Our information from a source at the restaurant was that the restaurant would re-open and operate as Emma’s.

It is not clear at this point just who owns the name; the insolvent corporation?

Many people, the Gazette included would love to see Craig Kowalchuk somehow come out on top of all this when the dust settles.